Embracing 2025 -Ngā mihi o te tau hou!

A quarter of a century ago I started my Romiromi journey. One of my first lessons with the late Papa Hohepa Delamere was on Aotea (Great Barrier Island) where I recently returned with my mokopuna for their great grandmother’s unveiling.

Papa’s main lesson was to practice ‘zero energy’. Today I pass this valuable lesson on to tauira (students), as it’s a key component of working in ‘neutrality’.
I am grateful for and honour all the tauira who have come to wānanga over the past fifteen years, especially those now perpetuating our traditional mahi, our healing taonga, assisting people into wellbeing.

Our first Romiromi-Introductory Level 1 workshop will embrace the new year in January 18-19. There will be follow-up wānanga/workshops throughout the year, a highlight being a return to Rarotonga, one of our places of ancestral origin for Romiromi (workshop 5-7 July 2025)

Tihei ki te Maurea a te Mauri ee
Acknowledge the presciousness of the Mauri that is our waananga
na Papa Joe