Tumanako: Repurpose Reuse Recycle

Our beautiful soothing and luxurious kawakawa balms - using only natures abundant properties to create skinfood that actually works for eczema, psoriasis, insect bites, burns, cuts, stings. But the amazing doesn't stop there. Perfect for aftersun care, strawberry legs, razor burn, acne, insect repellent, dry scalp or after shaving.

No chemicals, no nasties so mild enough to use on babies but powerful enough to use on the toughest tradie skin.

Keep in in your purse or your medicine cabinet or even in your glovebox. Always ready to heal and care for your skin.

160ml jar - $35
30ml travel tin - $15

Order 2 x 160ml jars and receive a 30ml tin free.

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Happy New Year to everyone who has been a part of our special journey. Whether as a helper and creator behind the scenes, or an amazing customer and our own whanau that has supported us. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Have an amazing year. We hope this is your best year yet!

Our last batch has been brewed for 2025. And thanks to our amazing Kawakawa whānau... they have been snapped up pretty quickly.

For any orders of 2 or more 160ml Kawakawa Balm jars or large Kawakawa Shaving oils purchased, we will gift a further 30ml tin free. Coz it Christmas after all 😊

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From November onwards we are inundated with requests for more balms and oils and often have to triple the amount of regular brew batches be do. I always thought it was because of Christmas. Eezy peezy gifts maybe. But a customer that has been with us for over 7 years has explained - its because of Summer!!

"I want to be in shorts more so it's important to get rid of any razor burn or blemishes on my legs or anywhere I shave. Kawakawa balm does that. I don't want to spray nasty smelly insect repellant on. Kawakawa does that too. I want my skin to glow like I've been to a spa. It does that too. It's literally all I need"

Simply made. Its that simple.

I burnt my finger on our fireplace last night. It was killing me for hours... so I put some of our Kawakawa balm on it. An hour later I reapplied and went to bed.
This morning there is nothing.
No sting, no bubbled skin, not even sore to touch. In fact, bar the actual (and very faint) burn scar - its like it never happened.

My Mum used to have Rawleighs all over our house for just those moments. Now I have a cleaner, more natural and abundant rongoa to use on my family. I know exactly what goes into it - and I can just about eat every ingredient.

Try it for yourself.

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Hey there good people...

We have been busy brewing the most amazing Kawakawa & H**p Balms. They smell and look absolutely beautiful.

Gentle enough that you can use this gold goodness on babies crafle cap, eczema or dermititis. Insect bites, abrasions and stings are soothed & healed.

Maybe you are looking for tā moko/skin art aftercare or easing the sting of sunburn. Or perhaps you just want a simple skincare regime that keeps your skin looking healthy and luminous.

Almost every skin ailment you can think of will benefit from our balm. And once you have experienced its healing properties, you will never go back to artificial and synthetic skin cremes. You will want a jar in every handbag and medicine cupboard for your whole family to enjoy.

Brewed in small batches to ensure the integrity and potency of our ingredients.

Hit us up on messenger if you are keen to try our gorgeous Kawakawa & H**p Balms.

PACKAGING ugh

Don't you just hate ordering things online and they arrive wrapped head to tail in useless, needless plastic?

I do.

Don't you just hate seeing landfills overflowing with single-use items?

I really do.

On a regular basis we go hunting for items that are destined for the bin but - with a few adjustments or improvements, could be used over & over again.

Our mixed Soy Melts (Mixed Lollies, Purini Special and Fabulous Florals) come in repurposed jars.
Our jars are rescued from heading to the rubbish trucks. We wash, disinfect, delabel, rewash, disinfect and then sterilise them just like we would for preserving food.

Our giftboxes are rescued before heading to landfill and then repurposed OR we make them from scratch using NZ Flax and recycled paper.

Anything we can do to save more useful things from ending up buried at the dump - we will.

We've had a lot of requests for Gift boxes from our people who love what we do and want to share our products with their loved ones. And with Christmas around the corner, the spirit of giving is so important. So, off we went to design a Gift Box.

In keeping with our underlying philosophy of saving disgarded items from ending up in our landfills we have created the Melts Gift Kit using repurposed materials - all boxed up and ready to go. Everything you need to enjoy our Soy Melts is in this box.

Perfect for your special someone this Christmas season... or for yourself.

Did I mention these are shoeboxes that were headed to the bin? 😁 More landfill stuffers avoided.

Melts Gift Kit
5 x Soy Melts (scents of your choice)
1 x Oil Burner
12 hours of Tealight Candles
1 x Gift Box (Sample melts included)

Please message the page for details using the messenger button or leave us a message below.

Our first little batch of beautiful floral wax melts have all sold out so we thought... why not make another?!

These stunning scents are making our home smell like we have fresh cut flowers in every room.

They are $5 for each clam with $1 going to Nehemaiahs Give-a-Little page.

If you would like these beauties for yourself or thinking of buying them for someone else... leave us a message 😊

No plastic... unless it is absolutely necessary.
Recyclable... whenever it is possible.
Glass, paper, aluminium packaging.
Cardboard & harakeke/flax giftboxing.

❤️ whenua
❤️ moana