Te Atarangi Rongoā is a home-based Rongoā Māori practice at 6 Enfield Street in Nawton, Hamilton. The practitioner, Alana Marsh, works with traditional Māori healing, including mirimiri, romiromi and wairua-guided healing, as well as deep tissue and sports massage, pregnancy massage and massage for young people. A whitiwhiti kōrero, a spiritually guided conversation, is also offered. The practice is an ACC registered vendor, and the website sets out how ACC-funded 60-minute sessions work, from lodging a claim through a GP, physiotherapist or urgent care clinic, to ACC approving the treatment. Prices are listed on the website for each service, and sessions can be booked through it.
Customers say the sessions are calm, welcoming and grounding, and that the practitioner has knowledge and intuition. One customer had regular sessions over several years and cannot recommend the practitioner highly enough. Another, after debilitating pain, says they were up and running again. A third describes the work as caring, careful and holistic, with results that come through. The listing shows one other massage therapist within one kilometre, Paws Rewind, 0.4 km away. For someone in Nawton or Hamilton who wants Māori healing alongside an ACC-funded option, the practice covers that range in one place.