Turongo Collective

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.

28/04/2026

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🇬🇧 On April 10, Dr Stella Maris Orzuza, Scientific Coordinator of the Argentine Scientists Network in New Zealand, met with Gabriela “Gaby” Tezanos-Pinto from Pachamama Latino Store, where the opening and AL VIENTO will take place, together with TūRongo Collective, to continue planning the opening.

We are deeply grateful to TūRongo Collective —Milly (Mierewai) and Te Wehi Kore Karena Grant-Koria— for their generosity, their willingness to support this process, and for sharing their blessing with us.

Their work, grounded in strengthening connections to ancestral cultural practices and community wellbeing, brings meaningful depth to this collaboration.

We also sincerely appreciate the openness and interest in engaging with our roots and diverse cultures.

We continue building this space for intercultural connection.

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🇦🇷 El pasado 10 de abril, la Dra. Stella Maris Orzuza, Coordinadora Científica de la Red de Científicos Argentinos en Nueva Zelanda, se reunió con Gabriela “Gaby” Tezanos-Pinto, de Pachamama Store,donde tendrá lugar la inauguración y AL VIENTO, junto a TūRongo Collective, para continuar planificando la inauguración.

Agradecemos profundamente a TūRongo Collective —Milly (Mierewai) y Te Wehi Kore Karena Grant-Koria— por su generosidad, su disposición a acompañarnos y por compartir su blessing en este proceso.

Su trabajo, enfocado en fortalecer la conexión con las prácticas culturales ancestrales y el bienestar de las comunidades, aporta un sentido profundo a este encuentro.

También agradecemos el interés, el apoyo y la apertura para conocer y conectar con nuestras raíces y culturas diversas.

Seguimos construyendo este espacio de encuentro.

Turongo Collective Pachamama Latino Store

25/04/2026

Our mum Dr Maulupeivao presenting her research as a member of the Pacific research group

18/04/2026

He kaupapa whakamutunga o te Rongo ā Whare. Puea I te aō.

18/04/2026

ĀMA trainings. To teach lead and guide you must be loyal in energy, relationship or code of life, if your teachers are reckless behind the scenes it will flow into your Mārae - you’ll practice these addictions without knowing. Be weary of who you learn from, you’ll become the practice that’s oozing out. Thankful to our Master Edward Karauria, Sensei Gabriel Terekia, Sensei Te Wehi Kore Karena, Shihan Solomon Purcell and Shihan Dwayne Davies for the teachings to uphold the standard of the way of life. These are our examples

11/04/2026

ĀMA in training 🥷🏽 100 punches in the chest .

05/04/2026

ĀMA trainings 🥷🏽

28/03/2026

DŌ - A way or path, JO - your environment, KUN - What is required of you to attain the learning. Dōjo originates from the place where Buddhism was studied. The hall which prayer meditation and service to Buddha occurred for monks. A place of karakia and study. It is not bound by culture but anchored as an elemental life force. The original teachings are the acknowledgements of the old gods and is recited within the Dojo Kun which were then translated into English differently. The original states “The Buddhist teachings and old gods”. Kyoku meaning THE ULTIMATE, Shin meaning TRUTH. How you walk you stand you speak you pay homage. It means a lifelong pursuit of finding one’s true potential by forging the body the mind and spirit in flow, intensity, focus and humility. This is what it is FIRST. How it is formed can look different. It may look different body to body but regardless blood flow is swift and listening. These are the Buddhist teachings we must acknowledge as this is the origin, the whakapapa. The ultimate truth of the old gods as stated in the Dōjo Kun. Taught from our Master Sensei Gabriel Terekia from Waihirere down to Sensei Te Wehi Kore Karena and lived through Te Whānau Āio. It is a quality of life. Discipline, Projection of voice and energy, form, honesty, patience, healing, humility, respect, calm innerstanding. These are the teachings beginning from Buddhism that kyokushin come from, that spread through South East Asia, that aligned to a lifestyle already lived in Waihirere and taught to Master Gabriel, that is the foundation for our path and walk as Te Whānau Āio, it is the left side of Āio. This is no different to all our work in Te Whānau Āio. Your kata equates to your foundation for how you meet challenges. It is a bridge of living as the example of one’s potential. If the focus is merely fighting then the fight continues on in the unmet mind lingering. If the focus is only points, then the focus has lost kyokushin - The Ultimate Truth. The true kyokushin is one where the ultimate truth reveals the characters connection to the spring of the old ways.

25/03/2026

We practice multiple forms of discipline to activate the essences of what each practice provides(Kyokushin, Tae Kwon Do, stunts, Oceanic movement, Mau Rākau) and embody the principles in our day to day lives.

In 3 days, some of our Pou Tawhito will compete at the Northern zone Kyokushin Tournament held in Papakura.

It’s been a humbling experience to embody the practice of Kyokushin in the past 6 months to a year.

The conditioning is demanding and uncomfortable. The kihon (basics) must be sharp, precise, and builds an internal awareness on where the power of your Māuri comes from. The kata puts a practitioner in a state of “moving meditation” The kumite requires courage, timing, and composure. Every part of training asks something from you. It asks for effort. It asks for focus. It asks for honesty. You cannot fake progress on the mat. You either put in the work or you do not.

The real work for us is not the tournament it self, or training/ rehearsing for a big performance, or only training because we get our selves “ready” for a big day… instead, it’s about a constant practice to discover or re-discover who we are every single day.