PUHI Kawakawa & Mānuka Healing Balm

This Kawakawa & Mānuka Healing Balm by Puhi uses hand-selected natural ingredients combined in a premium balm for soothing and nourishing the skin.

Kawakawa and Mānuka are botanicals native to Te Urewera forest that bring bioactive anti-inflammatory and antibiotic benefits to your skin.

Kawakawa was used in rongoā Māori (traditional Maori medicine) for treating infections and reducing inflammation. The Kawakawa has two bioactives that underpin its properties – myristicin for anti-inflammatory and and anti-microbial benefits; and diayangambin for anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant effects.

PUHI is Manawa Honey's range of natural skin-care from Manawa Honey NZ. PUHI means ‘adored one’, even ‘indulged’, in te reo Māori. The logo is the striking moko kauae (chin tattoo), borne by Māori women. Our kaupapa (intent) then is to adore – totally indulge – those who join us using our natural and healing skin-care designed with New Zealand indigenous honeys and botanicals.

Using this Balm

Use this balm regularly for nourishing, healing, protecting and soothing the skin. Perfect for treating eczema, psoriasis, dermatitis, rosacea and other skin disorders.

Also use for burns, scrapes, grazes, dry and aged skin, dry cuticles, chapped lips, cracked heels, sunburn, insect bites, irritation from shaving or hair removal, nappy rash, new tattoos, even cramping muscles and more – a moisturiser, salve and first aid kit all-in-one.

Use on your face, skin and hands from lips to toes! A little bit goes a long way. Fabulous as an intensive overnight skin moisturiser for your face and hands, so you can even roll this balm into your beauty routine.

If you feel a little residue on the skin after application, don’t worry – this will be gone after a minute or two, or you can rinse your skin with cold water and pat dry to get a wonderful smooth finish!

Ideal for keeping handy in the bathroom, medicine cabinet and first aid kit, in the glove box of the car, in your hand bag and the nappy bag for baby.

For external use only. If you have particularly sensitive skin, please just spot check before you apply more widely on your skin.

Balm Ingredients & Benefits

This balm contains Beeswax, Kawakawa Infused Olive Oil, Grapeseed Oil, Mānuka Honey MGO 400+, Mānuka Essential Oil, Vitamin E.

Beeswax is known to heal and softens skin, and is an antibacterial agent. It can help fight conditions like acne, dry skin, eczema and stretch marks.

Kawakawa was traditionally used to treat infections and reduce inflammation. Kawakawa has two bioactives that underpin its properties – myristicin for anti-inflammatory and and anti-microbial benefits; and diayangambin for anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant effects.

Olive Oil is the carrier oil for infusion of the kawakawa. Olive oil acts as a natural emollient, to moisturise and smooth the skin. Loaded with vitamin E, olive oil is a powerful antioxidant, protecting your skin, improving skin tone and reducing blemishes and dark spots.

Hemp Oil is known for moisturising and soothing the skin, combating acne, and helping with skin conditions like eczema, psoriasis and dermatitis.

Mānuka MGO 400+ Honey: Mānuka is a shrub, native to New Zealand, which our ancestors traditionally used for medicinal purposes, from healing wounds to fighting infection. The honey from Mānuka is now world-famous for having antibiotic, antioxidant, antiviral, anti-inflammatory and even anti-fungal properties. Our Mānuka MGO 400+ Honey is used is to bring all these benefits to care for and improve your skin.

Mānuka Essential Oil contains antioxidants that help to protect the skin from the harmful action of free radicals, and has great antibiotic properties. So, Mānuka Oil helps to prevent and to fight infection and promotes anti-aging and overall skin health.

Vitamin E helps cells to regenerate, and has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. It works in this balm to treat skin disorders, and it’s effective in improving and anti-ageing the skin, by reducing dark patches and wrinkles.

Only natural ingredients are used in this balm. 100% free from sulphates, parabens, silicon-derived ingredients, genetically engineered ingredients, artifical colours or fragrances and other chemicals. No petrochemical or mineral oils are used in this balm.

This product is also available for purchase instore at Zealandia's gift shop.

All proceeds support Zealandia's 500 year conservation mission.