Supportive cancer care
for our community in
Bay of Plenty, Aotearoa.

Our mission is to empower everyone
in Aotearoa impacted by a cancer diagnosis
through evidence-informed mātauranga illuminating the integrative and holistic nature of living well.

Supportive Cancer Care Programmes

Retreats

Residential multi-day and one-day pop-up events throughout the year.

Support Circles

Online Healing Circles of support.

Meditation

Guided meditation online and at our Rotorua office first Wednesday of each month.

Creative Therapy

Express yourself in many ways. Creative therapeutic gatherings for all.

Nutrition

What do you eat?

Healthy home delivery options.

Resources

We've got a library you can borrow from.

Special events

Webinars, films, gatherings, and other special opportunities.

hope

By actively engaging with your medical team and expanding your self-care and complimentary therapeutic healing practices hope is nurtured.

You heal in community.

The Aratika Trust Board embodies the healing power

of working together.

In 2010 a group of women came together in Rotorua, New Zealand to offer hope and complementary care choices to people with cancer. Their goal was to empower people on a healing journey using the principles of integrative medicine. Their organization continues to serve cancer thrivers from all over New Zealand. Along with our volunteers and facilitators we have grown!

Letters of gratitude.

You have supported me and given the knowledge, tools and aroha to work at putting harmony in my life instead of insurmountable grief. THANK YOU. The schedules were full and enjoyable. PLEASE KEEP UP the fantastic job of giving.

- REBECCA G 2021

The last 5 days have been life changing and life giving! Words can barely express the gratitude I feel. I honour Aratika Trust and their knowledge, love, wisdom and beauty. It has been a privilege. As a vet myself, having such a science behind all that was presented and the HUGE depth of knowledge gave me such an amazing base from which to learn from. I also honour the 'realness', humbleness, warmth and openness of all the Trustees - THANK YOU!

- LEISA 2020

As a health professional I have done a lot of training and research into the topics covered. I could not fault anything. The quality, care and coherence of what was presented is world class. You could not find something better outside NZ. I whole heartedly recommend the retreat to anyone on a cancer journey.

- MARTIEN 2020