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Dr Charlotte Mildon – AIO Healing Ltd Healthpoint Profile

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PEPEHA

Tēnei te mihi matakoakoa, matakuikui hoki ki a koutou katoa
He uri ahau o ngā maunga tapu o Rongokako me Whakapunake hoki
I tipu ake ahau i raro i te maru o ēnei tūpuna
Ko te Wairoa Hopupu Honengenenge Matangirau me Tutaekuri ōku awa
Ko Ngāti Rongomaiwāhine rātou Hinemanuhiri, Porou, Kahungunu ōku iwi
Ko Ngāti Maahu rātou ko Ngāti Hinepare, ko Ngāti Hinganga ōku hapū
Ko Moteo rāua ko Puutahi ngā marae
Ko Rongomaiwāhine te Rangatira

Ko Tamatea-Ariki-Nui te Tangata
Ko Ruawharo te Tohunga
Ko Ruamano te Taniwha
Ko Hine-Korako te Tipua
Ko Takitimu te waka tapu
Ko Charlotte Mildon taku ingoa
No Heretaunga me Ahuriri
No reira, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā tātou katoa.

Based in Hawke’s Bay, Dr Charlotte Mildon, the director of AIO Healing has worked nationally and internationally in Traditional Māori healing for over 30 years. Charlotte claims whakapapa to both the waka tapu o Takitimu and Horouta waka. Her iwi affiliations include Ngāti Rongomaiwahine, Ngāti Hinemanuhiri, Ngāti Porou and Ngāti Kahungunu.

Dr Charlotte Mildon is a Kai-romiromi of AIO Healing Ltd is an ACC-accredited Rongoā Māori vendor (Vendor Number: VBB931) working with:

• Physical injury claims
• Serious injury claims
• Mental injury and sensitive claims

She also provides Rongoā Māori EAP services for staff from a range of Crown agencies and organisations including:

• Ministry of Social Development
• Te Whatu Ora
• NZ Police
• Ministry of Justice
• Ministry for the Environment
• Department of Corrections
• Kāinga Ora

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Traditional Māori healing can be life-changing for those seeking wellness and deeper understanding of themselves.

Charlotte works with the body, mind and wairua to help identify underlying patterns, experiences and stresses that may be affecting a person’s wellbeing. Many people live in “automatic pilot,” repeating the same emotional, physical or spiritual patterns without realising how these experiences may be impacting their lives.

Through healing sessions, clients are supported to become more aware of what they are focusing on consciously and unconsciously, and how those patterns may be shaping their wellbeing.

The philosophy behind this work is:

“What you focus on is what you manifest in your life.”

Once awareness is reached, change becomes possible.

Dr Charlotte Mildon also supports clients with:

• Appropriate kai and nutrition for their mauiui
• Hydration and body cleansing support
• Rongoā rākau
• Balms and natural wellness products
• Health supplements where appropriate

Depending on your condition and medications, Charlotte may recommend natural supports to help maintain overall wellbeing.

Your mauiui can become your own healing wānanga — an opportunity to learn more deeply about your body, your lifestyle and your healing journey.

If you are ready, Charlotte can also support you to:

• Care for and nurture your body
• Feed and strengthen your wairua
• Become more conscious of how you are living your life
• Reconnect with Papatūānuku and the healing knowledge found within te taiao

When people learn ways to support their own healing, they begin reclaiming their own healing power and can also strengthen the wellbeing of their whānau.

Many report becoming more aware of their own natural healing abilities through online healing sessions or romiromi sessions, without years of workshops, counselling or reliance solely on prescribed medications.

Testimonials 2025 – 2026

From my healing sessions with Charlotte, it was the first time I’ve had relief from my back for a long time. I got a rakau from the beach as she recommended and have been using it. Trying to change my diet and drinking water even though its not that easy. I realised that I have created an illusion around my childhood memories with my parents. Still got work to do to manage the ongoing pain better in my lower back which affects my everyday living.

My goal in working with Charlotte was to live pain free.  I can certainly tell the difference after a session. Makes me feel better able to handle my 12 hour shifts at work. I can turn my neck when I swim now. I can use my arms and shoulders without so much pain after a mirimiri and romiromi session with Charlotte

My goals working with Charlotte were to be pain-free physically and emotionally and to improve resilience. I have come to realise that the full benefit of mirimiri for me was not only helping improve my physical wellbeing and giving relief to the pain in my back, but also the treatment of the mamae and trauma of my past and giving me tools to use going forward to help strengthen my mental, emotional and physical wellbeing.  From a Te Whare Tapa Wha perspective, these sessions are very effective for restoring balance and therefore my overall wellbeing. It provided a connection with my physical, social and spiritual elements, enhancing my ability for wellness. It also gave me exceptional learnings and learning opportunities. 

The first time I walked out from a session with Charlotte, I swear my feet never touched the ground for an hour and I felt weightlessness over my whole body. Effectively in that one session the pain and emotional load I have been carrying all my life was lifted and for once I felt free. I cannot thank her enough nor explain what this means to me. Spiritual healing through Rongoā has allowed me to know and feel my place and accept that I am the right person to protect the whakapapa on behalf of my whānau. Physically speaking, Rongoā has drastically reduced my body’s tension and muscle tightness which has in the past been attributed to migraine headaches and stomach upsets. My general mobility has improved, and I feel my body has found its “balance”

On my first visit to Charlotte, I was suffering with an acute Lumbar sprain to my right lower back, coupled with bad Sciatica to my right leg. I was bent over about 75% and could not stand erect and limping. After seeing the health professionals prior to Rongoa, I had no outcomes and was ready to travel back to Australia to my massage therapist there. I just wanted to live without the pain as it was debilitating. My medical Dr said this could take up to eighteen months to get better. However, after 10 sessions, I was able to lay on my back again for the first time in years.  I have colour in my face again and managing my lawns and gardens better now   I’m not so crooked like I used to be as I didn’t realise that my right butt has been sticking up for a long time now   I am walking better than I was even though I am in my seventies now.

 Dr. Charlotte has definitely helped me with my shoulder and made improvements in a short time. I have tried many other ACC PROVIDERS for other injuries and only Dr Charlotte Mildon of AIO Healing could give me the use of my arm back. My goals for working with her were to regain strength, mobility, and flexibility in my right shoulder.

Dr Charlotte has been instrumental in my healing process. The work she has done with me has helped me begin to process and release decades-old trauma that was significantly affecting my wellbeing and making me feel physically and emotionally unwell. Through our sessions I have started to develop greater self-understanding, compassion for myself, and the ability to recognise unhealthy relational patterns.
Her support has helped me stabilise during an incredibly difficult period of my life and has been a crucial part of helping me learn how to care for myself and move toward recovery. My goals were to become mentally and emotionally well so that I can live a stable life and one day be of service to others. I am also working toward learning how to give and receive healthy love, develop self-acceptance, and build safe, healthy relationships. My sessions with Charlotte allow me to continue consolidating the progress that has begun and to safely work through the remaining trauma that still affects my functioning and relationships. Continuing this work is important for my long-term recovery, emotional stability, and ability to build healthy connections with others.

My goals of working with Charlotte was to be able to walk without pain anymore. I’ve learned that I have to drink enough water to hydrate my body and cut down on certain foods to help my immune system. Not as much pain when I cut down on sugar foods. The colour of my leg is so much lighter now as it was real dark for years before having rongoā sessions. with Charlotte. I’m still learning how not to overdo it with the work at home on the farm.

My Rongoa sessions with Charlotte have been amazing. My goals working with Charlotte were to be settled and well after being in constant pain in my arm for the last few years after an injury caused by a police man and feeling sick as well as feeling all over the place emotionally. After 2 years of pain in my arm not being able to use it properly, Charlotte worked it and my arm could go up again. It was mind blowing not having to rely on pain relief like paracetamol with codeine, tramadol, ibuprofen, wheat bags hot water bottles and ice packs. It was so upsetting that I couldn’t sleep all that time with the pain. No more! 

I wasn’t able to get up and walk when I arrived to see Charlotte. Wasn’t sure why I was on the ground and couldn’t get up after I got out of the taxi with the taxi driver. I come in here limping and go out feeling so much better. Thank you! (ED)

Dr Charlotte Mildon has shown me ways to improve my lifestyle. My whānau have noticed changes in my hand, including the lighter colour in my fingers, and also changes in my tinana, where I now have more movement than when I first started seeing her. Through the AIO Healing sessions, Dr Charlotte Mildon has helped me learn simple ways to manage my medications, exercise, and natural remedies that are affordable and support not only my hand, but also the other injuries connected to my accident and fall (MM)

I was only seeing Dr Charlotte Milden for my left hand at first but every time l went for my sessions, she noticed  other pain coming from other parts of my body, like my hip was out and my gait for walking was crooked. Dr Mildon could see it physically and yet my medical Dr, missed it which caused contention between us, but Dr Mildon showed me how to get over my anger and frustration and deal with it in a more professional manner. My medical Dr has now come on board and has sent documents in to ACC, only we don’t get any answer from the Recovery Coordinator as there was no replacement for him for weeks. I felt abandoned. Dr Mildon is the only one that actually gets in there and shows me how and what to do to heal myself until I am more capable to doing this on my own. (MM)

Charlotte has helped me find ways to make small improvements step by step. I was living in a very acidic body when we met and now my testing strips show I have been alkaline in December and January. I have released 7.8kg and learnt how to support my liver and kidneys and improved my nutritional intake. I would like to continue learning from Charlotte as I reclaim my health. (JM)

I work my body pretty hard with my landscaping business so my goals are to be able to manage my injuries better and be pain free. That worked really well as after my romiromi, it took me a few days to come right but it made such a difference afterwardsI have found Charlotte’s consultations very beneficial in relieving the pain in my left entire left side not just my calve muscles. It is freeing up the restricted movement in my neck and shoulder as well as well as improving my overall wellbeing. (CM)

My injury left me immobile regularly over the last 3 months which has been painful, extremely isolating and depressing. I wanted to find ways to make small improvements step by step. Working with Charlotte has been a very empowering experience. She has helped me see my body holistically. Her Rongoa knowledge introduced me to kawakawa and the healing properties. I am learning a whole new way of living. I am learning about the cleaning cycle my body does each morning, how to hydrate it and nourish it.

My goal of working with Dr Charlotte Mildon was always aimed at the improvement of my physical healing from a Māori perspective. Our discussions on diets, and spiritual awareness, were very interesting, but the most empowering of all was getting me to accept that in the end, I myself can learn how to be responsible for my own health and wellbeing. We cover a wide range of subjects, such as life traumas or incidents that can shape your life, long time stress that can affect your wellbeing, and understanding the importance of learning to love the self and, to be positive and throw away any negativity. I love being able to walk out of Charlotte’s work venue and walk out to my car without a stick or a walker and want to be able to do this all the time. (SS)

I’ve been coming to these wānanga since the start of the series in 2023. For me at the time I was going through a lot. I nearly got killed at work and that took me to being clinically diagnosed with PTSD. Coming here has been really helpful for that, and after that diagnosis I nearly got killed again from work. So, something was telling me to leave the place and I wasn’t listening. But I finally left and it’s been 8 months. Working with Dr Charlotte Mildon helps me stay balanced even though I still get unbalanced, it feels like you get a romi in wānanga and out of wānanga. It is like a romiromi that never ends lol but it’s all good because it’s all about growth. I feel there’s always progress from each wānanga, sometimes, every day is a struggle. It’s not easy learning how to drink the water, like, once you learn how to drown yourself a few times, you then have to learn how to keep going. My goals are just to stay on the waka, keep improving, growing and learning so what I learn I can give back to my whānau. (LH)

From my first wānanga with Whaea Charlotte, I was talking about going to the doctors and get all our bloods checked. I did it a couple weeks ago and discovered I have high blood pressure and thought thank goodness I’m in the right space to learn how to sort that out without using medication. So, I’m really grateful and hope that through my actions if my whanau see’s what I’m doing well they might want to learn as well. I’ve learned so much and I’ve taken away the awareness of knowing that I know what to do, this has motivated me to implement it. I’ve made changes and doing good things that I have been improving and I can feel it. (M)

This is number six wānanga, I’ve stopped smelling the coffee, like many of you, busy with mahi day to day stuff, I need to look after my tinana, my wairua, nurture them and the hinengaro so I can do that here in a safe space. I do have anxiety but these wananga are a safe place for you to be you. I want to learn via Whaea Charlotte and her wonderful roopu. What my tipuna used to do back in te ra, eating well, being present and I’ve got to do those things to keep up with sick mokopuna. Kia ora. (MD)

I came to continue my journey from working with Dr Charlotte Mildon furthering my knowledge of self-discovery and healing. I’ve made heaps of progress attending this wānanga, diet for one, water, cutting out sugar, self-discovery understanding and connection too. It’s special to me to connect to everybody.  I’m glad to be here and excited to continue attending. (S

The last wā was so uplifting, you know you how you’re not stuck but you just like to grow. The goal was set a couple of days ago with doing the baking and the sugar free, dairy free and gluten free stuff and I kinda giggled when I was doing that because I didn’t know if I was going to eat it but actually when I tasted it after baking it, it tasted quite nice and that made me think I can do this, so that’s my goal for this wā is to follow through with that and drink more water and be present here in the learning. I’ve got lots of goals from being here. Progress, learning then implementing that in the way that you move, for me I always feel huge, like a totara way above the ngahere and reflecting or acknowledging that I am a little seedling that just happened to catch a ray of sunlight, so I feel I have made a little bit of progress and I want to learn more. (F

I’ve been working with Charlotte and thereafter coming to wānanga for two years now. I’ve been hooked since day one, it has been incredibly life changing, my growth and progress in the last couple of years has been so painful, its hell, raw, ugly but using the tools I’ve learned … has been incredibly helpful and I’ve gotten through all of that. Yea being here is quite addictive, you meet so many good people, like minded and being able to be comfortable to share your the parts of you don’t want to show the rest of the world and being in a space like this is really really important to have and I’m really grateful for that. My goals for this wānanga is just to continue on that learning journey, hauora and growing. (KP)

I really enjoyed … the last wānanga, which it was fantastic. I loved the kai as well love being at (the marae) and I’m excited to meet everyone that I haven’t met yet and to reinforce the whakawhānaungatanga with the ones I have met.

I met Charlotte in 2021, when I met her I was like a starfish on a bed and 157kg and I’m down to 106kg now, I still have at least another 20kg to go to try to save my hip. Things are really challenging … but I’ve learned how to be more tech savvy and have a lot of help from my mokos. It’s been a lovely journey for me. (RM)

I have been coming to wānanga (with Dr Charlotte Mildon) for a few years now and then I stopped for a bit, life got in the way and I isolated myself to long, then I came to the realisation that I should come back. Since being back it has absolutely changed my life. I’ve changed my diet, changed  mentally, physically and looking after my hauora. I just want to keep working on that and supporting new ones coming along and sharing my journey along with yours to help make things easier and safer for us. I’ve got osteo arthritis in my hips and back. I was using crouches to get around, I suffered with a lot of pain, I was on a lot of medications. I no longer take a lot of medications, I do this naturally and I have no pain, I take vitamins, changed my diet and water intake. I can now walk anywhere unaided, I’m not in pain, I can sleep at night. It’s had a massive life change for me. Now my tamariki are slowly changing because I have myself in a good place to be able to work on my tamariki who has now been diagnosed with ADHD so I’m going to go the natural way in dealing with that for her, to help her grow up and this is the perfect space for us to do that to figure out what works. (TE)