ORIGIN Tāmaki Makaurau | Aotearoa

Sunday 18 October 2026

Doors open: 6.30am
Gathering: 7.00am to 10.00am
Global Prayer and Anthem for Unity: 8.00am NZDT

Akarana Event Centre, Ōkahu Bay
8 to 10 Tāmaki Drive, Ōrākei, Auckland

Join us as Tāmaki Makaurau becomes part of ORIGIN, a global gathering honouring Papatūānuku, our tīpuna and our connection to whenua, wai, te taiao and each other.

We begin our morning with karakia and gratitude to our ancestors, guided by tohunga Awhitia Mihaere and Manu Suganuma.

Awhitia is a tohunga ruahine, traditional healer and teacher of rongoā Māori whose mātauranga was first nurtured alongside her grandmother. Her mahi is deeply woven through whakapapa, rongoā, whenua, wairua and the remembering and revitalisation of ancestral knowledge.

Awhitia is also part of the World Tribal Alliance and has gathered internationally alongside Indigenous Elders, including in South Africa.

Manu brings Indigenous knowledge from Hawaiʻi and Aotearoa, with foundations in Hawaiian martial and healing traditions, plant medicine, ancestral knowledge and rongoā Māori.

At 8am, we join the global ORIGIN Prayer and Anthem for Unity, livestreamed from South Africa, connecting our gathering with communities across the Earth.

From there, our morning flows into waiata, movement, sound and connection, with some wonderful wāhine sharing their gifts and presence.

This gathering is an invitation to remember that we are a divine expression of nature herself, and that the wellbeing of our communities is woven into the wellbeing of our whenua.

Koha will be welcomed to support local regenerative action.

Acknowledging mana whenua

We acknowledge Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei as mana whenua and honour their whakapapa and enduring relationship with the whenua and wai of Ōkahu Bay. We are grateful for their thoughtful response to our invitation and their openness to future connection.

This is a free community gathering. Registration is essential as places are limited.

If you cannot join us in person, you can connect with the global ORIGIN gathering from wherever you are.

Watch the global broadcast:
https://ourorigin.earth/origin-global-broadcast/

Hosted by Bridget Clare | The Remembering and Mārama Mai

With the generous support of Source Water, who will be sharing their water with our community on the morning.

Photography notice

We are grateful to have Samantha from www.theunfoldedmemoir.com generously capturing moments from our gathering. Photographs may be shared on social media and event platforms. If you would prefer not to be photographed or have your image shared, please let Samantha or Bridget know on arrival.