What are the benefits of rimurimu or kelp for skin?Fucoidan is a sulfated polysaccharide found in the cell walls of brown seaweeds with anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. Fucoidan helps reduce chronic inflammation and oxidative stress.K...

Te Whare Tapa Whā is a model of hauora (health and wellbeing) developed by psychiatrist Professor Sir Mason Durie in 1984. Wellbeing is like a whare (house) with four walls, a whare tapa whā. Each tapa (wall) is a vital component of the whare, bu...

Ngāhuru on the farm In the Maramataka, Ngāhuru (Autumn) marks the season of harvest and preparation. At Aotea, skincare doesn’t begin in a lab. It begins with our hands in the soil. As we clear the nor...

In https://aoteahealth.com/blogs/journal/the-intersection-of-land-whakapapa-and-purakau we discussed the origins of Māori place names. A culturally significant story lies behind the Māori name for Mount Maunganui, the extinct volcanic cone that st...

Te Tiriti o Waitangi was signed on nine separate sheets by roughly 500 Māori rangatira in many different locations throughout Aotearoa New Zealand during the year 1840. The first sheet to be signed was the Waitangi Sheet, at Waitangi, on 6 Februa...

Prior to European contact, Māori in Aotearoa practised a traditional medicinal system known as rongoā Māori. Rongoā Māori was a holistic approach to health, addressing spiritual, psychological, physical, and whānau (family)...