Turongo Collective

Turongo Collective Native guardianship of indigenous practices. Indigenous mentorship sovereignty and spirituality The collective facilitate “learn by doing” experiences.

Tūrongo Collective are first and foremost Whānau/Fanau oriented in indigenous teachings and principles. Performance activations, workshops, relationship facilitation, story telling, physical guidance response, alchemy, healing, weaponry in order to reinvigorate uncomfortable learning, sharing and processing to be accepted as a value. The collective have been connecting for the last 8 years but bec

ame a legal entity in the last few years. The processes have been shared within indigenous companies, teams, dance companies, institutes, schools, colleges, charities, trust funds and youth prisons. The collective are most commonly identified with working within the justice system as a support union for individuals to lean on. The collective have a wide variety of ethnic backgrounds and therefore have no ONE identifiable culture other than the culture of learning how to amalgamate togetherness. Participants experience a whole - listic approach to physical arrangements of sequences, elemental vocal work, mau rakau contexts, Connection (martial arts) that have an authentic tone in the practices. These sequences are then encouraged to be translated to each individuals own contexts with the support of collective or group learning and trust.

No matter where we go - they are with us - 🌊
18/06/2026

No matter where we go - they are with us - 🌊

17/06/2026

Ko te tapatahi o te tangata e arahina ana e te pono o te taiao. From lecturing, to workshops, tournaments, grading, cultural facilitation, theatre shows, pacific dance show, mirimiri, healing sessions, Rongoa brewing, business conferences, conditioning, kyokushin, taekwondo, tū taua, weaving and so much more, the only reason we can move like this is the circle we have created together.

🎭 WE CAME FROM THE SEA in the Pacific Dance festival “There are worlds within worlds” The truth of all our lives togethe...
13/06/2026

🎭 WE CAME FROM THE SEA in the Pacific Dance festival

“There are worlds within worlds”

The truth of all our lives together in relationship to the moving fluidity of traditional marks and embodied documentation. Who guides these processes. Who gives permission. Spaces in between spaces. Boundaries are different for each and every being, every family. Who moves the body, what moves the bodies from the sea. What came before is still now.

Always ease for us when we work with family. Love you both. Always good laughter with you both thank you for having us in your work

To do a piece of truth…5 mins….simply because it’s the truth of how we live.

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05/06/2026

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04/06/2026

The future of live music burns in Western Sydney 🔥

Your next UNDERCURRENT performance is coming your way with Western Sydney local Rosita Vai, bringing her blend of hip hop, soul and gospel.

Rosita’s impressive credits include:
◾ First and only woman to be crowned New Zealand Idol
◾ New Zealand Music Award for Best Selling Single
◾ Nomination for Best Female Artist at the Pacific Music Awards

Rosita will be opening the night before country, soul and rock band Simply West take the stage.

UNDERCURRENT: ROSITA VAI & SIMPLY WEST
🗓️ Friday 12 June
📍 Riverside Live at PHIVE⁣, 5 Parramatta Square
🎟️ Tickets and more info 🔗 https://riversideparramatta.com.au/whats-on/simply-west/

This project is proudly funded by the NSW Government through the Office of the 24-Hour Economy NSW Commissioner.


A moment to honour the teachings bestowed onto us from Grand Master Edward Karauria and Tane’s Master from his previous ...
02/06/2026

A moment to honour the teachings bestowed onto us from Grand Master Edward Karauria and Tane’s Master from his previous club. Our team graded under the NZ MĀORI TAEKWONDO federation. Triple graded and the last time this occurred was with myself and Lex (Master Eds son). Our team took out gold and bronze for their fights a week after their grading. The teachings from your masters are a living legacy. Our work as Te Whānau Āio is the practice of being it, being the embodiment as passed on from our Masters, Shihans and Grand Masters. Black represent TE KORE, Red and blue, the teachings of Papatuānuku with blood flow and the veins. This is our embodiment practice. Always an honour to see home; Ngati Porou Taekwondo taking it out with my beautiful sister Sensei Ngapae. Congratulations to our nieces Tiahn and Jasmine on cometing with Tiahn taking gold for Ngati Porou. Proud of the mahi in motion. looking forward to our Tū Taua training leading into grading 🥷

30/05/2026
30/04/2026

“As Tangata Whenua and Oceanic Origins.” - Our fundamentals are BODY, MEMORY & CONNECTION.

“If you don’t get to know your body you become NOBODY”.

We don’t wield a weapon when we haven’t wielded the first weapon OUR BODY. If we don’t know our body and how it understands guardianship we’ll take part in choreography that looks like guardianship but we don’t have the experience in us to truly hold that role. It’s similar to asking someone non indigenous to play an indigenous. You can tell when one has not lived it. Our desire is to be authentic to who we are not anyone else. For us, we cannot be kaitiaki if we don’t have a relationship to our own body first.

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