Small business: the Umaga’s Viktual+

Small business: the Umaga’s Viktual+
Rochelle and Tana Umaga are using traditional Māori and Pasifika ingredients for Viktual+.
Victoria Young
Former Auckland Blues Coach Tana and documentary-maker wife Rochelle Umaga are three weeks into opening their own business, harnessing traditional Māori and Pasifika ingredients for wellness products under the brand Viktual+.The powders and supplements range uses ingredients such as kava, the Kānuka leaf and horopito powder.Rochelle Umaga said she had been making her own skin products for years, after becoming increasingly aware of what ingredients she was putting on her face.“Tana was like, well how can I incorporate what I like? He didn...

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