Rongoā Māori

Locally hand sanitiser is getting harder to find and becoming more expensive due to demand, so I’ve decided to make my own.

So, sunscreen – I’d never made it before but after much rangahau (research) I made a recipe and decided to test it and I have to say it’s quite perfect. It’s smooth, it smells nice and it’s on the skin well and it can be made at home.

Ngahina at 16 months old with his first time making a Kawakawa Grapeseed oil infusion. Having a fun time getting hands on.

Here I show you how to easily clean bees wax through melting it and forcing the impurities to seperate to the bottom edge so they can be easily removed. I did this 3 times and the wax came out perfect in the end.

Trimmed the Kumarahou flowers today. This bush is going on 3 years old now and has flourished really well this season.

Just got given a GoPro so taking it and baby Ngāhina for a walk up the Wairere Falls track on the Kaiimai Range.