Aotea

At Aotea, we are committed to making high-quality therapeutic skincare products using New Zealand native flora that are all hand-made on Aotea, Great Barrier Island. We are inspired by mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledge) and this knowledge manifests itself in our range. Aotea is the Māori name for Great Barrier Island and it is here where we are from and where we grow the native flora we use (and extract their oils) and spin these into the products in our range. This is all done by our team on our papakāinga (land). What is important to us is that what we do brings opportunity to the community where we are based on Aotea. In light of which we have decided (despite the difficulty) to grow, extract and manufacture all the products rather than outsource this. We take inspiration from Rongoā Māori and scientific research into the actives of the flora to bring you a range of healing products. We use published research as well as conducting our own trials into determining the active plant agents and their beneficial effects on the body, both topically and internally. We're working directly with Callaghan Innovation to help generate our own trials to prove the efficacy of these traditional remedial uses of our people. Visit us online to find out more http://aotea.co Kia Ora.