Heal · the tinana
Heal
Release what the body has been carrying.
Mirimiri + Fofō and Sound + Breath, open now.
Pure Hihiri · Oriental Bay, Te Whanganui-a-Tara
Shift your frequency, transform your energetic flow.
A Māori and Samoan led healing and wellness sanctuary.
Mirimiri + Fofō, Sound + Breath and the Maramataka, held privately and with aroha.
Nau mai, haere mai
Heal what you've been holding for everyone else.
Grow room to hold yourself too.
Evolve into who's underneath it.
Te Whare Hihiri runs on the Maramataka, the same lunar rhythm that told our tūpuna when to rest, when to push and when to heal.
Rongoā Māori and Samoan Fofō, two lineages held together as one practice by Kailah and Kenape Saupese.
For Kailah, healing was never a skill she studied.
It was the air she grew up breathing.
Te Whakaoho · The Awakened
Heal. Grow. Evolve.
Our philosophy moves through the same three realms as the Māori creation narrative: Te Kore, Te Pō, Te Ao Mārama.
To grow and evolve, we heal first, and healing usually happens in the dark.
Then the light starts to come through.
Grow · the hinengaro
Grow
Glimpses of light and the pathway forward.
Circles, movement and a deeper monthly rhythm are coming.
Evolve · the wairua
Evolve
Becoming who's underneath it all.
The Maramataka, wānanga and our mahi with organisations.
Book a session
Ways to come in
Every session is private, personal, and shaped around where you are today.
1:1 · 60 minutes
Mirimiri + Fofō
Our signature practice.
Mirimiri, Romiromi and Fofō blended into one form, moving through Ground, Activate and Integrate.
Small group · 3 spaces
Sound + Breath
Guided breath, tone and sound to bring your whole nervous system out of go-mode and into rest.
Every second Friday
Kuia, Kaumātua + Tagata Mātutua Day
A day held for our elders.
45-minute sessions from 9:30am, with koko and kawakawa tī.
Coming with your whānau, friends or team?
Ask us about a private group session.
Join the Sanctuary
Come back to yourself, regularly.
Healing deepens with rhythm.
A Hihiri Pack is paid once and yours until the end of the third month.
Heal is paid weekly, with fresh sessions every month.
Hihiri Maramataka · $59
Every marama, your energy returns, and you rise with it.
Not every day is the same.
Your energy isn't meant to be either.
Hihiri Maramataka arrives on your phone as each phase begins, with hauora tools for your tinana, hinengaro and wairua.
Every marama through to December 2027, for $59, once.
Hihiri Flow
This marama at the Sanctuary
What's happening at the Sanctuary this marama.
New dates arrive with each Whiro, and our email list hears first.
Thursdays, Saturdays + Sundays
Sound + Breath
Open to all: Thursdays 12:30pm and 6:30pm, Saturdays 9:30am.
Wāhine only: Sunday 25 October, 10:30am.
Men-only, held by Kenape: Sunday 1 November, 10:30am.
Fridays 16 + 30 October
Kuia, Kaumātua + Tagata Mātutua Day
9:30am to 2pm.
45-minute sessions, $80, with koko and kawakawa tī.
Book ahead, walk-ins welcome from 1:30pm.
Sunday 18 October
Koha sessions
30-minute sessions of toso, mahi wheua or rau hinengaro, from 10am.
Give what you can.
Book online, no deposit.
Wednesday 28 October
Full Moon online circle
One hour online at 6:30pm, to release and move with the energy of the full moon.
By koha.
Voices from the Sanctuary
What people carry home
Wow, the future is bright!
So nice!
You need to put healing in your name.
I walked in with chronic tension and headaches for days, and left with no tension — relief like I haven't felt in months.
I'm definitely coming back.
The next day I felt so tau (at peace) and really refreshed — and that feeling stayed with me.
Recognised + supported
Your healing, supported
We're a NIB Health Provider and a professional member of the IICT, the International Institute for Complementary Therapists.
- NIBHealth Provider
NIB member benefit
Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei and Te Rūnanganui o Ngāti Porou members have a Rongoā Māori benefit of up to $500 per policy year. 
Professional Member
Your workplace EAP, Cultural Supervision or professional development funding can also be used with us, including for Hihiri Packs.
Check your policy, or ask us when you book.
What we live by
Vā · Malu · Aroha
Vā
The sacred space between the healer and the person receiving care.
We work together, only as deep as you're willing to go.
Malu
Shelter, a place of safety.
Consent-led, trauma-informed, and leaving you feeling held, every session.
Aroha
Love and compassion.
We lead with it, for the people we serve and for the mahi itself.
Pure Hihiri
Awaken your energy.
Whatever you walk in carrying, grief, exhaustion, a version of yourself you're ready to put down, your spark is still yours.
Awaken it, and let it flow.
Come find us
The Sanctuary on Oriental Bay
3/236 Oriental Parade, Te Whanganui-a-Tara
Right across the road from Te Aro beach.
Thursday 9:30am to 3pm, and 4:30pm to 8:30pm
Friday 9:30am to 5:30pm
Saturday 8am to 3pm
Sunday 10am to 2pm
Monday to Wednesday closed
Closed for summer from Monday 21 December.
We open again on Whiro, Friday 8 January.
Hear first
Each new marama, our list hears what's on at the Sanctuary before anyone else.