Medicinal Plants
Māori used a range of traditional methods to deal with illness. Plants such as kawakawa, harakeke (flax), kōwhai and mānuka were all important for healing, and so was a belief in the spiritual causes of illness. Today rongoā rākau– Māori medicine – is seeing a resurgence of interest.
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Manuka
Koromiko
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Kawakawa
Horopito
Mamaku
Pukatea
