The Aroha Team

Rosanna Marks

Rosanna Marks is the principal holistic therapist and founder of Aroha Bodywork at Aroha Love. She is a loving and gifted healing practitioner. Rosanna has a diverse cultural heritage; New Zealand Māori and Celtic bloodlines from her mother with Eastern European bloodlines from her father. Rosanna works innately with her tupuna (ancestors), completely trusting in their guidance and wisdom.

Rosanna is an internationally trained and licensed holistic therapist, beauty therapist for 30 years, Reiki master teacher for 18 years, healing Bellydance teacher and advanced bodyworker specialising in traditional, ancient cultural philosophies. Rosanna infuses Rongoā Māori plant medicine into Aroha products and is also an internationally certified fragrance specialist, creating the natural scents and infusions for the Aroha product collection. Rosanna is a Rongoā Māori practitioner with ACC referrals.

Rosanna is a certified Arvigo Maya abdominal therapies licensed practitioner and has studied Mayan spiritual healing under Rosita Arvigo in Belize, Central America. She is an abdominal massage specialist and travels the world regularly to learn more to enhance her skill set for her clients. 

Both Rosanna and her partner Benton are nature lovers and eco-conscious planners, designers and stylists for their business Aroha eco-weddings + sacred ceremonies and you can view their work here

Benton Day

Bruno

Our Tohu / Kōrero / The Story of our brand

Aroha is a word that belongs to the Māori people of Aotearoa (New Zealand).
Aroha means Love. A profound message of connection, breath, creative force, focus and energy.
Our business branding is a result of the essence we wanted to create. The core of the brand Rosanna wanted to create always came back to culture, love, and nurturing people back to wellness.
The team use the word ‘Aroha’ as the core of their values, purpose, and essence, operating as a small business in Tamaki Makaurau (Auckland). Everything we offer encompasses Aroha.
Rosanna is proud of her Māori heritage and she has deep connection to her ancestors (tupuna) healing + wellbeing (hauora), our earth, air, water and life which is interdependent and integrated (te taiao), nurturing (manaakitanga), healthy earth (whenua ora) and spirituality (wairua), all sacred to the Māori culture.
The essence of the brand Aroha flows into our beautiful Aroha heart tohu (logo), created for us in 2010 by Māori designer Tukara Matthews.
Tukara's creative mahi (work) is stunning and our Aroha heart is a powerful representation of our mahi (work) at Aroha, ancestry, and creativity.
Our tohu (logo) and kupu (word) 'Aroha' are registered trademarks in 4 classes (skincare preparations + candles) in New Zealand and (candles + weddings) in Australia, the use of this word in these specific classes is primarily for our business branding in these areas, reflecting the essence and authenticity of our brand.
We have chosen ‘Aroha’ for our business branding, not only to ensure the integrity of the word is maintained to the highest standards and ethics within our business, but also to ensure the integrity and sacredness of our boutique, Māori inspired creations; our products, our services, and the deep healing work practised here at Aroha Love.
Our tohu encompasses all the mahi (work) that we do at Aroha.