Notes

Published for the Ministry of Education.
"The Gift of Rongoa and Lips, Lipids and Locks ... are thematically linked and could be used together in a classroom programme"--Back cover.
Notes for teachers also available (item no. 30848)
Table of contents: Nanny Peka -- Mother Mary Joseph Aubert -- Tairawhiti pharmaceuticals.
Summary: The first of the three sections focuses on Nanny Peka, a teacher at a Maori, girls' college who uses a stand of native bush at the school to teach a group of students about rongoa Maori (traditional Maori healing). The second section profiles Mother Aubert, a nineteenth century nun who based many of her famous remedies on traditional Maori herbalism. The third section explores rongoa Maori in a contemporary, commercial context - that of Tairawhiti Pharmaceuticals. This East Coast company has been extracting and promoting manuka oil since 1992.