Storytelling • Healing • Sound • Language • Play • Expression
ARO AUAHA
A creative portal for storytelling, healing, sound, language, play, and expression.
Step into a living creative space where photography, sound, hypnotherapy, reo Māori, and immersive experiences each open into their own world.
Portal Field
The Reo Māori world now has real workbook pages behind it.
Interactive guide
How are you feeling, and what are you looking for today?
This quick guide helps people figure out whether they need healing, learning, creativity, support, or a service.
Choose your path
Choose the world you want to enter
Each path opens into a different part of ARO AUAHA — creative work, healing, learning, sound, play, and story.
Portal map
Enter the worlds of ARO AUAHA
Reo Māori now opens to a separate AKO AKE AKE page with real workbook starts.
Photography
Moments, movement, memory
Event photography, maternity, weddings, family, individual, empowerment shoots, and kaupapa Māori storytelling.
Open photography →DJing
Energy, atmosphere, sound
DJ workshops and sound for events, weddings, birthdays, conferences, and fundraising spaces.
Open DJing →Hypnotherapy
Reflection, reset, grounding
A dedicated moment for healing, helping you move through stress, sadness, and mental blocks with care and intention.
Open healing →Board Game
Imagination, kaupapa, play
A living realm of story, creativity, tikanga, worldbuilding, and play. More coming soon.
Open board game →Reo Māori / AKO AKE AKE
Language, connection, growth
A dedicated learning and community platform with workbook pathways, tests, practice, journaling, and support.
Open AKO AKE AKE →Mental Health Tools
Support, reflection, wellbeing
Grounding tools, prompts, resources, and creative ways to hold wellbeing.
Open wellbeing →Event Planning
Intentional experiences, crafted creatively
Planning support for birthdays, baby showers, and other creative events and gatherings.
Open event planning →Creative Sessions
Ideas, vision, direction
A space to sit down together and plan out your ideas with care, creativity, and intention.
Open creative sessions →Living portal
Grounded creativity, shaped with intention
About ARO AUAHA
A place to book, learn, explore, and return to
ARO AUAHA is a group of Māori creatives exploring many different creative avenues of expression and art. It brings together creative services, healing practices, immersive experiences, and resource-making under one living space.
Photography
Photography with feeling, story, and presence
We offer event photography, maternity, weddings, family sessions, individual portraits, empowerment shoots, and kaupapa Māori photography.
- Events and gatherings
- Maternity and whānau moments
- Weddings and celebrations
- Individual and empowerment shoots
- Kaupapa Māori storytelling
DJing
Sound that brings the room to life
We offer DJ workshops and DJing for events, weddings, birthdays, conferences, and fundraising spaces.
- Workshops and learning spaces
- Weddings and birthdays
- Conferences and kaupapa events
- Fundraising and community spaces
Hypnotherapy
A moment to yourself for healing and release
This is a dedicated moment for healing, helping you move through stress, sadness, and mental blocks with care and intention.
- Stress and overwhelm
- Mental blocks and stuckness
- Gentle personal support
- A calmer space to reconnect
Mental Health Tools
Grounding tools and support resources
A practical space for support, reflection, journaling prompts, and wellbeing resources.
- Grounding practices
- Reflection tools
- Creative wellbeing prompts
- Resources to return to
Event Planning
Planning support for special moments and kaupapa
We help plan birthdays, baby showers, and creative events with care and intention.
- Birthdays
- Baby showers
- Community events
- Creative planning support
Creative Sessions
Sit down together and shape your ideas
A space to sit down together and plan out your ideas with care, creativity, and intention.
- Creative brainstorming
- Planning ideas into something real
- Support with direction and structure
- A collaborative creative process
Board Game
A living project still taking shape
This world is still growing. More of the board game story, images, and progress can be added here as you’re ready.
- Project updates later
- Visuals and story later
- Development journey later
- Future shop connection later
Resources
Tools to return to
Explore AKO AKE AKE, mental health tools, DJing resources, and photography, with more creative pathways to be added over time.
Bookings
Work with ARO AUAHA
Book photography, DJing, hypnotherapy, event planning, or creative sessions. You can enquire through the form, message on Instagram, email, or text.
Contact
Enter when you're ready
Whether you're here to book, learn, collaborate, or explore, ARO AUAHA is open. Fill in the form, message us on Instagram, email us, or text 0221069946.