Coco-Kawa

Kia ora koutou.

This term, Room 23 will be using Rongoa Maori (Maori medicine). Last year, we made Kawakawa Cream using Olive Oil. The leaves of the kawakawa plant have been used for hundreds of years by Maori for their medicinal properties. They can help with skin conditions such as eczema, used to heal cuts or wounds...the leaves can even be chewed to help with toothache!

This year, we have decided to make kawakawa ointment with coconut oil, mainly because coconut oil is absorbed into the skin quickly and it smells awesome! We have already named our ointment Coco-Kawa, and even designed some labels for the jars we will put them in. Now all we need to do is make it! Watch this space!