WELCOME THE MĀORI NEW YEAR WITH INTENTION This selfcare ritual kit is intended for use to celebrate and set intentions for the Māori New Year - Matariki. It follows tikanga Māori (Māori customs) to acknowledge ngā tangata whenua - the peoples of this land (Aotearoa) on which you stand and the rongoā rākau (native plants) which have been harvested from this whenua. This self care ritual draws on this whakaaro (thinking) as well as the holistic health model developed by Mason Durie - te whare tapa whā (the house of four sides) and places your wellness at the core of everything you do. Note: This is different to our New Year ritual kit as it marks specifically the Māori New Year which is based on the marama (moon), maramataka (moon phases) and ngā whetu (the stars) - in other words, a lunar calendar. This can only be shipped to those in Aotearoa New Zealand as the kit contains dried botanicals unable to be shipped internationally.
