Pīpiri is the month of drawing close. It’s not a time for gathering or planting. The soil contracts, seeds rest, and we follow the same: reflect, wait, watch. Tend what’s growing without forcing new growth. Right now, our ...

In the sphere of ecology and taxonomy, the recent invigoration of wider New Zealand culture by Māori concepts has planted a question. Should the Linnaean scientific names for New Zealand native species include their Māori common names, to referenc...

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.   The model conceives of hauora in terms of a whare. A whare has whā tapa (four walls). Unless all four walls are strong, th...

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...