Ura Fitness Perth

Ura Fitness Perth Tuesdays 5.30PM | Every Saturday 8.30AM
📍Jenolan Way Community Center, Merriwa
All are welcome to experience the essence of Ura ✨️

Kia Orana kotou katoatoa 🌺We’ve been receiving a few enquiries about our ‘Ura Fitness classes, so we thought we’d share ...
28/05/2026

Kia Orana kotou katoatoa 🌺

We’ve been receiving a few enquiries about our ‘Ura Fitness classes, so we thought we’d share some updated information and expectations for everyone joining us.

Yes! We are located in Merriwa, NOR. Our classes are beginner-friendly, family-friendly and designed to create a safe, welcoming space for all. Whether you’ve danced Cook Islands ‘ura before or you’re completely new to it, you are more than welcome to come along and give it a go.

‘Ura Fitness is all about movement, culture, connection and enjoying ourselves while getting active together. No pressure, no experience needed - just good vibes!

Please take a moment to read through the flyer for class details, what to bring and session information. We are also very responsive to messages and direct messages, so feel free to reach out if you have any questions at all.

Meitaki korereka for all the love and support so far - we can’t wait to dance with you 🌴✨

26/05/2026

A little recap of our time at the HBF Run for a reason over the weekend.. fun and lots of ura was had 🌺

Tuesday is here.. we have a class this evening at 5.30PM 📍Jenolan Way Community Center, Merriwa 6030 💃 Bring your pareu, water, sweat towel and a gold coin ✨️

Ka kite ra akonei! 😊

A day well spent.. running/walking/(and in our case) dancing across the finish line (literally danced across it lol) for...
24/05/2026

A day well spent.. running/walking/(and in our case) dancing across the finish line (literally danced across it lol) for a reason and representing our little Ura community with 40,000 other Perthlings 😊🙌🏽✨️

Meitaki maata 🌺

20/05/2026

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15/05/2026

How we feel about Ura in the am!

Don't forget! We a on again in the morning at🧭 8.30am 📍Jenolan Way Community Center, Merriwa 💰 Gold Coin fee 🙏🏽

Ka. kite 🙌🏽 See. You 🫡

09/05/2026

Recap of this morning Ura class wohooo

Up early to crisp air and a glimmering, cloudless sky. The icing on the cake was Ura 💃Aunty Avera and her 3 Ura marketee...
09/05/2026

Up early to crisp air and a glimmering, cloudless sky. The icing on the cake was Ura 💃

Aunty Avera and her 3 Ura marketeers and our girls who are the reason we will keep this going 😁 🌺

Look what came in the mail today 🥹 We can't wait to see these hung up on some special walls 🙏🏽
26/11/2025

Look what came in the mail today 🥹 We can't wait to see these hung up on some special walls 🙏🏽

03/07/2025

In the Cook Islands, there are several dialects which includes reo Rarotonga, as we know, is the official Cook Islands Māori dialect of the nation - also known as Te reo 'Ipukarea. We also have reo Mangaia, reo Aitutaki, reo o Te Fu'inga ō Nīva (Manihiki/Rakahanga dialect) - which is my dominant Cook Islands Māori reo and that of my family, reo Tongareva, reo Pāmati and the unique and majestic language of the people of Te Nuku-ō-Ngālewu - Pukapuka e Nassau - which as we know, is a language of its own.

I use the term 'tātakita'i', but at times, you will find me using the term 'takanava' - in reference to the word 'dialect' or 'dialects', which is used alot by Te Kopapa Māori (The Cook Islands Language Māori Commission).

Fun fact: the Cook Islands Māori language (including its various dialects and the Pukapuka/Nassau language) became an official language of the Cook Islands only 21 years ago. It was enacted by the Government of the Cook Islands in 2003 and came into force under Te Reo Māori Act 2003 on 1st July that year. Yet, it's almost 60 years since the Cook Islands have been a self-governing nation. Up until 2003, the English language was the only official language of the Cook Islands.

Who knew?

TŌKU TUPURANGA - MY HERITAGE ♡Ever wonder sometimes how.. if your parents didn't do certain things that led to them meet...
19/10/2021

TŌKU TUPURANGA - MY HERITAGE ♡

Ever wonder sometimes how.. if your parents didn't do certain things that led to them meeting before you were born.. if they didn't do any particular thing (in my case, my dad paddled on a 6-man canoe from Raiatea to Rarotonga and it was there he met my mother).. if they didn't do certain things, you wouldn't be here today? Just me? lol

Seriously, if my dad had just decided, "nope I'm not doing this, it's crazy" I don't even know if he would have had another chance of meeting my mum and having me but luckily, my warrior of a dad from Mā'ohi Nui did that, it was to be and here I am today 😆

After discovering videos from 1992, I've been so emotional just watching it.. even for the good 8 seconds or so it showed on the archives documentary I found it from, I spotted my dad and his golden locks right away - the faahoro of their vaka (seat 1), I cried. It was the year 1992, Te Rauroa o Hiva was the name of their 6-man vaka that journeyed to Rarotonga for the Vaka pageant at the 1992 Pacific Arts Festival held in Rarotonga. They recreated the journey of Tangiia from Raiatea to Rarotonga .. stopping at Mauke Island and finally arriving at their final destination in Avana. Dad told me that they trained for almost 2 years for this voyage and it was uncle Pito Clément's (Leader of their journey/5th paddler) crazy idea they do this. Dad also shared to me that this was the most powerful thing he has ever experienced.. I quote him "E MANA te Moana". They were at sea for almost 10 days on that tiny little vaka. I use to ask him questions about toilet breaks, kaikai breaks, getting up and stretching.. how? His reply is always "Only the tumutoa Mā'ohi can do like that" 😆.. All six of them were also blessed with ocean names prior to Te Rauroa o Hiva's journey to Rarotonga at Raiatea. Dad was bestowed with the name Huia o te Moana.

A story I loved hearing and now keep reminiscing and will one day tell my kids all about for sure but for now.. I will brag about as much.. while I patiently wait here in Australia hoping I will be able to travel to my fenua ai'a very very soon and be with him 😞

Dads portrait: not sure who captured it ▪︎
Video screenshot: NZ Archives ▪︎

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