Raine Clark is a rongoā practitioner and tohunga, who was trained in the Io Whare Wānanga. Raine is passionate about supporting wellbeing through the use of traditional Māori plants and healing modalities. Raine is committed to working ethically with her kiritaki/clients and believes that safety is an important aspect of helping a person to heal. Raine is registered as an ACC and EAP rongoā provider. 

Riki is a trained counsellor, clinical creative arts therapist, and psychotherapy practitioner. Riki was trained in the Io Whare Wānanga where he learned rongoā Māori and traditional Māori healing modalities. Riki is passionate about providing safe Māori cultural spaces for the community to experience to aid in their healing and wairua journey. Riki is a member of the NZAC, ANZACATA, and ACP pathway to psychotherapy registration. Riki is also registered to provide rongoā and therapeutic services for ACC and EAP. Riki is passionate about kaupapa Māori and arts-based research and believes that these methodologies are important to further developing the field of research for rongoā and creative arts therapies.

 Waikato/Tainui, Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Kahungunu ki te Wairoa

Mau Te Rangimarie Clark is a kaupapa Māori researcher currently based at the University of Otago. Mau’s education background is in Anthropology and Māori/Indigenous studies and he has recently completed his Masters in Health Science - endorsed in Mental Health. Mau’s research has explored various mental health conditions including eating disorders, bipolar disorder and first episode psychosis. These projects utilise Kaupapa Māori Methodologies to validate the experience of Māori, in order to identify the role and impact of systemic and organisational structures on Māori health. 

Mau has a special interest in the emerging field of Indigenous Peoples experience of eating disorders and the impact of ongoing colonisation on the diagnosis and treatment of eating disorders. To date, Mau has contributed to sixteen peer-reviewed publications.