Waiotahe
Rongoā that has been created with aroha, sustainably crafted so as to live in harmony with the environment.
A gateway that will lead you to your soul time.
Rongoā that has been created with aroha, sustainably crafted so as to live in harmony with the environment.
A gateway that will lead you to your soul time.
I had the privilege of being raised by my grandparents, who taught me how important our whenua is to us. When I was a child my Koro would return from the bush with leaves from different plants and trees. We would sit together in the evenings and he would teach me the names of the plants and what they could be used for. My Nan and Great Nan taught me all about growing kai and plants and feeding your soul with what you love to do.
My grandparents nurtured in me a life long fascination with plants and how they can nourish and heal us. I have always been a maker.
I need to make things, it is my Soul Time.
I am able to raise my children on my home land, where I have lived all my life. For my husband and I, the most important thing is for us is to teach our children how to live off their whenua (land), to be independent, and to respect and look after the whenua (land) for those yet to come. There is no greater satisfaction than being able to provide for our whānau (family) from the whenua (land) that we whakapapa to.
I use my intuition a lot when I am creating it’s just they way I like do things, but the biggest influence on how I try to live my life has been my Grandparents and my Great Grandmother, I do what I do to honour them.
