Rua Bioscience

Rua’s mission is grounded in the principles of “Ponotanga’-Integrity, ‘Mauitanga”- Innovation, ‘Oranga’ Health Prioritisation, and “Whakawhanaungatanga’ Collaborative Success. These values (pou) underpin everything they do as a successful, sustainable, and trusted partner that creates value for our people.
Their mission is to create medicines that change people’s lives from Te Tairawhiti, leveraging the emerging cannabis industry to enhance health, restore the land, and restore prosperity to the indigenous communities of Aotearoa.

Rua is a Maori born biotech business and are the only New Zealand medicinal cannabis company with an explicit focus on delivering social impact.
Rua is a unique collective of dual forces: science and nature, land and people, commerce and community, modern innovation and ancestral wisdom. These connections bring balance and integrity to Rua’s business.
Since its founding in 2016, Rua has been committed to improving the ‘Oranga” (wellbeing) of people, particularly in Te Tairawhiti, a region with a significant Maori population facing high poverty and low employment. Rua’s Kaupapa (purpose) has always been to create shared health, economic, and social value for our people.