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Indigenous Nurses Aotearoa Conference 2025 and Hui-ā-Tau

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Schedule

Tauira Professional Development Day and Hui-ā-Tau

Wednesday 13 August – 9:30am to 8:00pm
Apumoana Marae, 27 Tarawera Road, Lynmore, Rotorua

Conference Day #1

Thursday 14 August – 9:00am to 4:00pm
Sir Howard Morrison Centre, 1170 Fenton Street, Rotorua

Conference Day #2

Friday 15 August – 8:00am to 3:30pm
Apumoana Marae, 27 Tarawera Road, Lynmore, Rotorua

Hākari and Awards Evening

Friday 15 August – 5:30pm to 9:00pm
Pohutu Events Centre, Rydges Hotel, 10 Tryon Street, Whakarewarewa, Rotorua

Te Rūnanga Hui-ā-Tau

Saturday 16 August – 8:30am to 11:45am
Mokoia Room, Millenium Hotel, 1270 Hinemaru Street, Rotorua

Arrival instructions by air and road

By air: If you are landing at Rotorua Airport, the Coach Pick Up stop is to the left as you walk out of the Arrivals terminal (see map).

Coaches have been provided for those arriving at 9:00am on Wednesday 13 and 9:00am on Thursday 14 August. If you are arriving at a different time you will have been contacted regarding your transport to the conference venue.

Rotorua Airport Carpark map

By road: If you are arriving ahead of the event please go to your accommodation and check in.

If you're arriving on the day you may wish to go directly to the venue and check in later.

Map of venues in Rotorua

Mauri oro, mauri reo, mauri ora

A return to vibration, voice, and wellbeing through the lens of Mātauranga Māori

This year Te Runanga o Aotearoa invites members to an immersive, interactive gathering grounded in the richness of Mātauranga Māori and the mana of our collective journeys being unapologetically Māori.

This year’s wānanga is not just a conference — it is a call to come home to ourselves. An interactive movement in collaboration with Toi Māori.

Mauri oro – Te Pū o te Ira Tangata

The first vibration begins in the body — in the breath, in the womb, in the knowing. It is the soft activation of life force, like the breath blown into taonga pūoro. This is our connection to origin, to the unseen spaces where creation stirs. Mauri oro acknowledges the energy within us all — wahine, tāne, and everything between — that resonates with the echoes of our tūpuna.

Mauri reo – Te Mana o te Reo Māori

From vibration, voice emerges. Our reo gives shape to thought, feeling, and identity. Whether expressed in karanga, whaikōrero, waiata, or quiet kōrero — every voice carries mauri. Mauri reo reminds us that our voice is not only communication; it is affirmation, resistance, and reclamation. Through our voices, we express our connection to each other, our taiao, and the legacy of those who came before us.

Mauri ora – Te Hau Oranga o te Tangata

Wellbeing is more than survival — it is alignment with our environment, our language, and our whakapapa. Mauri ora calls us into fullness. When we speak our truths, honour our bodies and stay rooted in Mātauranga Māori, we nourish not just ourselves but our whānau and our hapori. It is a collective movement of healing and thriving as Māori.

Bring your voice. Bring your mauri. Bring your unapologetic self.

We’ll see you in Te Rotorua-nui-ā-Kahumatamomoe