Donna Kerridge (Ngāti Tahinga, Ngāti Mahuta) is the founder and director of Ora New Zealand. She is a rongoā Māori practitioner, teacher and advocate of 20+years to a number of organizations and has served on a number expert advisory groups representing the practice of rongoā. Donna currently serves as the Rongoā Māori Kaihautū for Nga Toki Whakarururanga, an organization established to ensure that New Zealand international trade agreements advance and protect Māori interests in accordance with the rights and responsibilities assigned in Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

Donna enjoys inspiring others to learn and put into practice the simple yet profound mātauranga left to us by our tupuna in a way that is respectful, authentic and mindful of the needs of all peoples and especially those of our whanaunga in the natural world.