Traditional Rongoā Māori healing

Rongoā Māori has been available through ACC as a rehabilitation service since 2020. In that time it has grown from a handful of clients to 12,345 kiritaki, and 41% of the people using it are not Māori.

ACC's own research finds Māori are more likely to experience a serious injury than non-Māori, but less likely to make a claim. A culturally safe approach doesn't just respect that — it removes a practical barrier to asking for help early. When a worker trusts the person in front of them, they talk. They report the niggle. They don't white-knuckle through a bad shift.

We pair traditional healing with modern musculoskeletal assessment and digital tracking. Whether a worker wants karakia and rongoā pani, or a hands-on soft-tissue assessment and an exercise plan, they get what they need — and your health and safety data stays complete either way.

We're not saying our way is better than physio. We're saying here's another door in, for the workers the conventional model leaves outside.