Welcome To AOTEA

our native products are a culmination of Maori herbal remedies. It is these traditions that have formed the basis and recipes for our tonics and skincarE RANGE. Our Products ARE Made using native ingredients, by hand, from Aotea (Great Barrier Island), New Zealand

Our Roots

Founder of the Aotea brand, Tama, grew up on Great Barrier Island – Aotea in Maori. It’s where his whanau and hapu are from and it is here that the native ingredients for all our products hail from...

Our Tonics

Our tonics are light, refreshing herbal infusions. Inspired by traditional Maori herbal remedies, our tonics are made by brewing native herbs and leaves sourced sustainably from Aotea, Great Barrier Island...

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Just a little something to wet the lips. #aoteamade #kawakawa

As botanical as mums herb garden, our tea tree (mānuka leaf) tonic is water infused with ginkgo leaves, ginseng root, hibiscus flowers and of course tea tree leaves. A twist of citrus and a teaspoon of our honey. She's super clean. 🍶🍃🌿 #aoteamade #churrp

Try our medicinal mānuka honey. If you're feeling under the weather whack a teaspoon of the stuff in your morning cuppa or straight on the back of the throat to soothe a cough/sore throat. It has a proven antimicrobial activity which kills bacteria. Also, Mum says it's good for you. 🍯🍶 #aoteamade #curemebro #churrp

How we extract the actives from the kawakawa leaf for your kawakawa balm. Steeped for 7 days in beautiful sweet almond oil and then lightly heated. And that's what you rub on your skin 🌿🍶 #aoteamade #keepitreal

Muriwai kite surfers on a moody weekend. #sorrybrolocalsonly #wheresyourkite

Your immunity tonic (and a single shot piccolo). Inspired by traditional māori herbal remedies, she's the result of brewed kūmarahou leaves (traditionally used to clear coughs and mucus from the lungs) fresh ginger and turmeric root. With freshly squeezed lemon juice and our own super active mānuka honey she'll help you through the winter if you're feeling under the weather: all of our native constituents come from our home on Aotea, chur 🍋 🍯 🌿🍶#immunitytonic #aoteamade #churrp

Feeling a little under the weather? After your morning coffee try our immunity tonic - inspired by traditional māori herbal remedies we brew the kūmarahou leaf (that was used to clear coughs and mucus from the lungs) with fresh ginger and turmeric, as well as fresh lemon juice and our own super active mānuka honey. Try her today 🍋 🍯 🌿🍶#immunitytonic #aoteamade #churrp

The path to the beach, laced in kawakawa. This weekend when the sun came out. At home on Aotea 🌿🌴 #aoteamade #churrp #kawakawa

If you feel like you're coming down with something you can't beat super active and antibacterial mānuka honey. Straight in the gob or in a cup of green tea, she'll soothe that sore throat or cough. You can grab these little pots full of super active mānuka honey at leading grocers like farro or huckleberry farms, as well as a select few New Worlds for about 10 huck, or thru our online store - link in bio, chur. #aoteamade #naturalremedies

There ain't nothing like coffee in the morn'. ☕️🌿🍶#aoteamade

Your tonics only have about 1 teaspoon of mānuka honey (pulled from our own hives) and a twist of fresh citrus per bottle. Plus herb infused water. They're super clean and refreshing. Stay safe with a tonic this weekend 🍵🌿 #aoteamade #churrp

The wash house, out back at home. This morning before the rain came in 💦🛁 #aoteamade #churrp

Winter surf, not far from home. #aoteamade

We're making a 100% natural soap. Back in the pioneering days kūmarahou was used to make something called gum diggers soap. Kauri gum was a commodity and among other things was used as a fire starter; so pretty important in the 18/19th century. Digging for kauri gum was a tough industry to be in - away in the bush for months at a time doing bloody hard work digging and felling trees. The only way to get clean, and particularly to remove the kauri gum from the hands, was to create a lather by rubbing the kūmarahou flowers and leaves with water. Kūmarahou has actually been referred to as the worlds most natural soap - again because of its super high content of a plant agent called saponin, which has foaming characteristics (it activates the elimination channels and helps clear mucus from the lungs when drunk as an infusion). 100% natural and from our own backyard. We're pumped to be bringing it to ya. #churrp #aoteamade 🌿🍶

If you're a little under the weather with a sore throat - help yourself to a teaspoon of medicinal mānuka honey: chuck that teaspoon in the back of the throat and let the honeys' anti-microbial activity get to work. A seriously direct remedy. This is our own mānuka honey and it's got an activity of 125+ MGO (methylglyoxal) which is a measurement of its anti-bacterial quality. This honey comes from our own hives on the island and we pack her in small pots so that it makes good quality mānuka honey more affordable. #churrp #aoteamade 🍯🍶

Desolate winter mornings on the island. #desert #aoteamade