Pounamu Skelton, 24D Marine Parade, Petone (2026)

Empowering women to succeed through indigenous coaching 🌱 | Inspirational Speaker | Online & In-Person Courses | Professional Development | Māori Entrepreneur | Boutique Apothecary Products creator. With the use of essential oils that are derived from the Mauri or oils from plants, flowers, bark and leaves we are able to naturally support our health and wellbeing. In a world that has many toxicity it is a pleasure to share with you the natural ways to support you and your family.

18/09/2026

Let me introduce you to Maara o Rongo- skincare range

On the north Taranaki coastline sits Te Rau o Rongo, a mauri-rich papakāinga that grows its own herbal and native medicine. The plants and flowers that thrive there are hand-selected as the heart of every Maara o Rongo product.

Grown with Hua Parakore principles, our botanicals are nurtured in balance with the whenua. Each batch is made using the power of the sun, so our process is zero carbon. The result is a natural, mainly organic skincare range that carries the life force of the land it comes from.

Crafted by Pounamu Skelton, māra kai leader and apothecary queen.
available at https://nz.pounamuskelton.com/shop

08/09/2026

This weekends Rongoā Wananga programme is finalised and I must say it's got some Retreat vibes to it!
Theres still time and some spaces if you want to join us
https://events.humanitix.com/rongoa-wanganga

24/08/2026

The whenua has shown us her tohu 🌱

This week she whispered it to us — the tohu of Koanga have arrived at our papakāinga. Our heihei have started laying and the cutest white legged lambs were born.

Every Koanga I feel the rush of excitement with the potential of the growing season that is emerging.

If you've been waiting for a sign to pull out your purapura, this is it. 🌿

In Māhuru, get your māra started:
- Sprout your kūmara tipu now, so they're ready to plant out by November.
- Get your hue and kamokamo purapura underway.
- And if you want to bring healing into your māra as well sow your medicine as well, sow clary sage, valerian, tarragon, parsley, and mint so that you grow an abundnat medicinal māra.

You don't need alot of whenua or years of experience to start. You just need a handful of seeds, a bit of soil, and some motivation.

What are you sowing this Koanga? Tell me below — I'd love to know what's calling you into the māra this season. 👇

23/08/2026

A raw, real and powerful conversation with experienced Taranaki Kai māra Faren Taylor who shares her healing journey by reconnectig to Papatūānuku and Te taiao.

Available now on The Māra Session podcast on spotify. 🌱🪻🌺

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1xDr7F7kkNr4sIVea1a3IK

02/08/2026

Noku te whiwhi.
what an honour to share my natural organic skincare and Rongoā products at Toi Rarau exquisite gallery and retail space!
Maara o Rongo ingredients are grown at our Papakāinga and infused with mauri o te Whenua.
Call into Toi Rarau and check out all the artists Toi.

Maara o Rongo.
Kaihanga: Pounamu Skelton.

Available in the retail gallery. Gift sets and single range products. A koha that is meaningful.

15/07/2026

At the upcoming Puanga rises event this month I'm creating a delicious Inu inspired from our Maara.
A botanical mocktail made for the occasion, cardamom pods and cinnamon toasted first to open up their warmth, coriander seeds and fresh ginger added to round it out. Then Tarata hydrosol, distilled in our own apothecary from tarata grown here on the whenua.
Warming spice, citrus brightness, and a hydrosol that carries the scent of home. Made to be sipped slowly while we mark the rising of Puanga together.

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