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Io Mata Hauora
ACC-registered Rongoā Māori Service, Kaupapa Māori
Today
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
Description
Jo Shelford is an ACC registered Rongoā Māori practitioner based in Thames, Hauraki and Hibiscus Coast, Auckland.
Her practice, Io Mata Hauora, is a traditional Māori Healing Hauora and includes karakia/pastoral care, Purea/cleansing and balance, whakawhiti koorero/talk therapy, and mahi-a-tinana/body work. Rongoaa used and sold is made with native leaf and Io blessed with aroha, mauri and tapu.
Staff
Jo Shelford is an ACC registered rongoā Māori practitioner.
Jo has links to Pare Hauraki, Ngaati Tamateeraa and Ngaati Maru through her father and to Ngaati Kahu ki Whangaroa me Ngapuhi ki Whangaroa in the Far North through her Mama. She lives in Thames in Hauraki and when she travels north she lives with her whaanau in the Hibiscus Coast.
Jo is an Ariki Taputapu of the roopuu Io Matangaro - Ngaa Tohunga o Ngaa Hau e Whaa.
How do I access this service?
Contact us
By emailing iomatahauora12@gmail.com
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Fees and Charges Categorisation
Free
Hours
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
| Tue – Fri | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM |
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By appointment only.
Thames Hauora is open Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday first 3 weeks of the month.
Ōrewa Hauora is open last Tuesday and Friday of the month.
Public Holidays: Closed Waitangi Day (6 Feb), Good Friday (3 Apr), Easter Sunday (5 Apr), Easter Monday (6 Apr), ANZAC Day (observed) (27 Apr), King's Birthday (1 Jun), Matariki (10 Jul), Labour Day (26 Oct).
Services Provided
ACC Rongoā Māori ACC recognise rongoā Māori as a kaupapa Māori service. It's culturally grounded care that weaves tikanga Māori, mātauranga Māori, te reo Māori, and te ao Māori through all aspects of the service. We respect that these aspects embrace ngā taonga tuku iho (intergenerational gifts and knowledge handed down from tupuna Māori). We see rongoā Māori in the wider context of traditional Māori healing methodologies. ACC don't consider healing techniques from non-Māori cultural traditions, such as reiki or hyperbaric oxygen treatment, part of rongoā Māori. Even if they're provided by rongoā Māori practitioners.
ACC Rongoā Māori ACC recognise rongoā Māori as a kaupapa Māori service. It's culturally grounded care that weaves tikanga Māori, mātauranga Māori, te reo Māori, and te ao Māori through all aspects of the service. We respect that these aspects embrace ngā taonga tuku iho (intergenerational gifts and knowledge handed down from tupuna Māori). We see rongoā Māori in the wider context of traditional Māori healing methodologies. ACC don't consider healing techniques from non-Māori cultural traditions, such as reiki or hyperbaric oxygen treatment, part of rongoā Māori. Even if they're provided by rongoā Māori practitioners.
- ACC registered rongoā Māori practitioner
ACC Rongoā Māori
ACC recognise rongoā Māori as a kaupapa Māori service. It's culturally grounded care that weaves tikanga Māori, mātauranga Māori, te reo Māori, and te ao Māori through all aspects of the service. We respect that these aspects embrace ngā taonga tuku iho (intergenerational gifts and knowledge handed down from tupuna Māori). We see rongoā Māori in the wider context of traditional Māori healing methodologies.
ACC don't consider healing techniques from non-Māori cultural traditions, such as reiki or hyperbaric oxygen treatment, part of rongoā Māori. Even if they're provided by rongoā Māori practitioners.
Travel Directions
Thames Hauora - Te Korowai Hauora o Hauraki Service Lane. 210 Richmond St. Room 8.
Ōrewa Hauora - Ōrewa House, Hibiscus Coast Highway. Main reception beside Walnut Cottage.
Parking
Outside both Hauora.
Region
Waikato, North Auckland
Contact Details
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
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Phone
021 924 810
Email
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Location
Thames, Hauraki and Hibiscus Coast, Auckland
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This page was last updated at 10:37AM on January 27, 2026. This information is reviewed and edited by Io Mata Hauora.