Kia Kai-Kōrero Tātou: Rongoā with Donna Kerridge

When: Thursday 17 July 12 – 1pm
Where: Zoom
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How can Rongoā and Western medicine come together to better serve the wellbeing of people in Aotearoa?

Join us for an inspiring kōrero with the wise and deeply grounded Donna Kerridge, a practitioner, teacher and advocate of Rongoā Māori. Donna brings a rare blend of warmth, clarity, and deep cultural knowledge — working at the intersection of traditional healing and modern health systems to support whānau and communities to thrive.

In this session, Donna will explore the strengths of both Rongoā and Western medicine, and the importance of partnership between indigenous and clinical approaches.

As she says:

“The challenges we all face are real, and the health system as we know it is almost at breaking point. Neither Western medicine nor indigenous solutions can do it alone… Only when we do the work together, do we start to understand.”

This kōrero will nourish the wairua and provoke deeper thinking about what true collaboration looks like — and what it means to uphold mātauranga Māori in today’s health landscape.

All are welcome.