Manawa Ora Mirimiri, a Wellington-based group of Rongoā
Māori practitioners, will be travelling to the Hawkes Bay
region this weekend (March 11th and 12th) to provide
Mirimiri and Romiromi, traditional Māori healing to a
community devastated by cyclone Gabrielle.
Founder and
lead practitioner Jolie Davis (Ngāti Kurī/Te Rarawa) says
she received a phone call from Tessa Robins, Operations
Manager of Te Kupenga hauora Ahuriri Health and Social
Services, asking if Manawa Ora would consider bringing a
team to Omahu Marae to offer healing to whānau.
“It
was a pretty easy decision for our team, to be able to bring
healing to a community in need is a real privilege and not
something we take lightly. We all know we need to make the
most of our time there and treat as many people as we can.
People are hurting, grieving, anxious and stressed. What
they have been through and still going through has
traumatised a whole community – the effects will continue to
ripple out in ways we can’t even imagine. They need support
now and they need healing to recover.”
“Because we
(Manawa Ora) are quite used to working in community
settings, we will be able to treat up to 150 people in one
day with a team of 12 – 300 people in total. It’s a mammoth
effort – also for Tessa and the TKH Team who are busy right
now getting word out to whānau, fielding calls and email
enquiries and booking in people ready to go for this
weekend”
Manawa Ora will be a Omahu Marae, Fernhill,
Hastings and appts are available from 9am to 6pm, Saturday
and Sunday.
Please text message 021408021 or email: mirimiri@tkh.org.nz
with your details for a
booking.
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