Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 2, 2016 16:29:08 GMT 12
Te Rongoa programme launches in Tauranga
Bay of Plenty Community Corrections has launched a programme which aims to provide participants with the ability to recognise and care for a selection of native plants and gain a basic understanding of their healing properties.
Te Rongoa is the traditional Māori medicinal use of plants.
For six weeks, two groups of 18 offenders will spend four hours each week at Te Rourou, the local community garden at the Tauranga Community Corrections Site, where the programme will run.
The course covers tikanga – the correct protocols for planting and harvesting rongoa, as well as plant identification and properties. The first group are set to graduate during the first week of April 2016….
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1603/S00054/te-rongoa-programme-launches-in-tauranga.htm
Bay of Plenty Community Corrections has launched a programme which aims to provide participants with the ability to recognise and care for a selection of native plants and gain a basic understanding of their healing properties.
Te Rongoa is the traditional Māori medicinal use of plants.
For six weeks, two groups of 18 offenders will spend four hours each week at Te Rourou, the local community garden at the Tauranga Community Corrections Site, where the programme will run.
The course covers tikanga – the correct protocols for planting and harvesting rongoa, as well as plant identification and properties. The first group are set to graduate during the first week of April 2016….
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1603/S00054/te-rongoa-programme-launches-in-tauranga.htm