Pounamu Skelton’s story is one of vision, resilience, and legacy. He uri o Taranaki Maunga, Te Atiawa, Taranaki Tuturu, and Ngāti Ruanui, Pounamu lives on her papakāinga in Onaero, a place her whānau have named Te Rau Orongo “the multiple ways to heal ourselves.”

For more than 24 years, she carried a dream: to live organically and sustainably, close to her tūrangawaewae. Today, that dream has taken shape on five acres of fertile whenua, where every decision is guided by connection to whakapapa and the generations yet to come.

A Multifaceted Business with Purpose ✨

Pounamu’s business journey is as abundant as her māra. She wears many hats:

• Running online and in-person programmes on māra kai and rongoā.
• Consulting with organisations on kai sovereignty and composting projects.
• Speaking on national panels and conference stages.
• Hosting land-based professional development workshops for organisations at her papakāinga.
• And most recently, preparing to launch her own apothecary boutique, bringing natural herbal products to life.

What ties it all together is her unwavering commitment to Hua Parakore, the ancestral philosophy of growing food, medicine, and people in ways that honour the land and the future.

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Music is Te Kawa o Rongo by Ngāneko Eriwata

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Show notes & blog by Mattie Belsack from Bellbird Writing