I have just spent an amazing 2 days at Te Aroha Marae by the foot of Mount Taranaki. I met Tohunga Olive who is an inspiring and highly respected Kuia. She taught us many aspects of Maori healing like meditation and Romiromi (massage). We were a group of all ages, young and old. I met Maori health practitioners and teachers from all over New Zealand and we talked, ate delicious food, relaxed and massaged.
It was a spiritually enriching weekend and I look forward to visiting Kuia Olive at her home, school and clinic for Traditional maori Rongoa in Nukumaru, South Taranaki.
