Creative therapies for calm connection

Mauri Tui Tuia offers empowering, tailored, and practical workshops, courses, creative therapy sessions and classroom visits. Grounded in bicultural practice as active partners to Te Tiriti o Waitangi, we are focused on sustainably building resilience and maintaining wellbeing for kaiako, tamariki, whānau, and therapy professionals.

Our team of registered arts, dance movement and music therapists work throughout Tai Tokerau and Tāmaki Makaurau.

About Mauri Tui Tuia

Our Kaupapa

Our therapeutic team includes leaders from music therapy, dance movement therapy and arts therapy. Mauri Tui Tuia was founded by Jan McConnell (Registered Dance and Arts Therapist, Physiotherapist) and Katie Pureti (Registered Music Therapist).

Understanding neuro-biology and the instinctive knowledge of our bodies and voices helps us move toward calm connection. Te Whare Tapa Whā underpins our bicultural practice model, and tuakana-teina supports the sharing of knowledge and leadership between the facilitators and the participants. These tools have life-long application to create sustainable benefit and wellbeing for kaiako, tamariki and whānau.

What people say about us

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Your team is amazing. You're current and relatable. It made it easy and enjoyable. It's a good eye opener of what we're doing is right, and how to change.

Tess, April 2023
Whangārei
150+
PLD workshops provided
100%
Of workshop attendees
said the strategies
shared were highly useful
1500+
Professionals have
attended our workshops
100%
Of workshop attendees
said the presenters
were highly effective

Podcast

COMING SOON 2025 – Rooted in the meeting place of creativity, movement, sound and wellbeing, each episode is an honest kōrero (conversation) between creative therapists Jan and Katie, and the unsung Kiwi heroes of education, therapy, art/dance/music. Join us on Mauri Tui Tuia, the podcast, to learn how to better your life and develop calm connection as a teacher, therapist, creative, or parent.