With over 25 years of experience in hair and make-up and a master's degree in Applied Indigenous Knowledge, Bianca Fallon has seen a huge need for rongoā Māori medicine in her business. Rongoā Māori is traditional Māori healing, incorporating herbal remedies, physical therapies and spiritual healing. 'They are coming to me for hair and make-up, but it ends up being about something else. Particularly after lockdown, clients have been coming in and they have mental health issues,' Fallon said. In 2022 ACC began offering rongoā Māori services for all injured New Zealanders, to help them rehabilitate from a covered injury.

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