Sonna Reihana
Company Director | Leader in Business Development
Sonna is co-founder of Aurum and busy helping his wife Ria run the Hairstylist team.
Sonna has a huge amount of passion for the industry and attends education with the team but particularly loves the
business development side of Aurum - he loves helping motivate the team and thinks of the staff as part of his
whanau and his mission is to make sure he can help them to succeed professionally.
Sonna has been absolutely essential to Aurum’s success. He is always supportive of his team, he has the ability to
make those around him feel encouraged and valued. He loves to help each team member unleash their potential - as
Ria says - “he makes me brave”.
Company Director | Leader in Business Development
Sonna is co-founder of Aurum and busy helping his wife Ria run the Hairstylist team.
Sonna has a huge amount of passion for the industry and attends education with the team but particularly loves the
business development side of Aurum - he loves helping motivate the team and thinks of the staff as part of his
whanau and his mission is to make sure he can help them to succeed professionally.
Sonna has been absolutely essential to Aurum’s success. He is always supportive of his team, he has the ability to
make those around him feel encouraged and valued. He loves to help each team member unleash their potential - as
Ria says - “he makes me brave”.
Ria Reihana
Hairstylist | Company Director | Aurum Lighthouse Keeper
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Ria with her husband Sonna created Aurum in 2014 with a dream to create a safe space for creatives to thrive . Her
passion is in training and inspiring the next generation of Hairstylists’s with a key focus on self belief, confidence and
empowering her team to believe in their own strengths.
With has such a passion for the industry and taking care of people. Ria loves colour work blondes and balayage and
also specialises in curly hair and loves restyles, but mostly just loves connecting with people and helping them feel amazing everyday.
Ria feel's blessed to absolutely love what she does and call this beautiful salon her second home and the team part of
her family. Sonna and Ria continue building their dream with outstanding people by their side.
Hairstylist | Company Director | Aurum Lighthouse Keeper
✨
Ria with her husband Sonna created Aurum in 2014 with a dream to create a safe space for creatives to thrive . Her
passion is in training and inspiring the next generation of Hairstylists’s with a key focus on self belief, confidence and
empowering her team to believe in their own strengths.
With has such a passion for the industry and taking care of people. Ria loves colour work blondes and balayage and
also specialises in curly hair and loves restyles, but mostly just loves connecting with people and helping them feel amazing everyday.
Ria feel's blessed to absolutely love what she does and call this beautiful salon her second home and the team part of
her family. Sonna and Ria continue building their dream with outstanding people by their side.
Becky Greenall
Company Director | Senior Hairstylist | Salon Manager | Curl specialist
Winner Top Performing Stylist 2022 & 2023
Loves Blondes & Creative Colour.
Becky is one of our lead stylists & company directors. She has been with Aurum for over 5 years now, assisting and
training with some of Aurums greatest stylists in advance colour work and has a passion for colouring and a strong
understanding of styling curly hair. Becky also has a strong background in performance art bringing confidence and a
charismatic personality to our team, she handles the day to day smooth running of the salon and ensuring our clients
love and remember their experience with us.
Becky won Aurum Top Performing Hairstylist 2023 due to her incredible client feedback, reviews, client retention
and overall client care.
Company Director | Senior Hairstylist | Salon Manager | Curl specialist
Winner Top Performing Stylist 2022 & 2023
Loves Blondes & Creative Colour.
Becky is one of our lead stylists & company directors. She has been with Aurum for over 5 years now, assisting and
training with some of Aurums greatest stylists in advance colour work and has a passion for colouring and a strong
understanding of styling curly hair. Becky also has a strong background in performance art bringing confidence and a
charismatic personality to our team, she handles the day to day smooth running of the salon and ensuring our clients
love and remember their experience with us.
Becky won Aurum Top Performing Hairstylist 2023 due to her incredible client feedback, reviews, client retention
and overall client care.
Mercy Barrett
Company Director | Senior Stylist | Blonde & Balayage specialist
WINNER NZ Apprentice Hairdresser of the Year 2020
Our beautiful Mercy is our senior stylist & company director, she brings over 6 years of experience and is available
Monday, Wednesday & Fridays with late night bookings available.
Mercy is such a bubbly creative hairstylist we are so proud to have her working alongside us. She is highly skilled
specialising in big blonde transformations and balayage. Mercy is also one of our Hair Extension specialists so
book a consult.
Company Director | Senior Stylist | Blonde & Balayage specialist
WINNER NZ Apprentice Hairdresser of the Year 2020
Our beautiful Mercy is our senior stylist & company director, she brings over 6 years of experience and is available
Monday, Wednesday & Fridays with late night bookings available.
Mercy is such a bubbly creative hairstylist we are so proud to have her working alongside us. She is highly skilled
specialising in big blonde transformations and balayage. Mercy is also one of our Hair Extension specialists so
book a consult.
Georgia Gray
Company Director | International Stylist | Educator | Colourist
Georgia is our long time senior stylist, company director, educator and international stylist, she is a massive part of
Aurum’s heart centre and has been a key person in building our business foundation up to where it is today.
9 years ago I was a scared new owner and she was a determined apprentice who wanted a job & just kept asking…finally
I took a chance on what I had originally thought was going to be a one man band - she was my first apprentice & inspired
me to take on more & more people - building Aurum into the fantastic training salon we have today.
Georgia has an absolute wealth of knowledge and experience working in Australia the past 5 years as an educator for
Paul Mitchell - she had an extremely successful career over there working full time in a busy city salon, becoming a
mum in 2022 to her beautiful daughter we were so excited to see her & her family returning home and coming back to
Aurum.
Georgias availability is very limited so we advise booking in advance.
We are so happy to have her with us - for years after she left clients we’re still asking after her which is a true testament
to the great stylist she is!
Company Director | International Stylist | Educator | Colourist
Georgia is our long time senior stylist, company director, educator and international stylist, she is a massive part of
Aurum’s heart centre and has been a key person in building our business foundation up to where it is today.
9 years ago I was a scared new owner and she was a determined apprentice who wanted a job & just kept asking…finally
I took a chance on what I had originally thought was going to be a one man band - she was my first apprentice & inspired
me to take on more & more people - building Aurum into the fantastic training salon we have today.
Georgia has an absolute wealth of knowledge and experience working in Australia the past 5 years as an educator for
Paul Mitchell - she had an extremely successful career over there working full time in a busy city salon, becoming a
mum in 2022 to her beautiful daughter we were so excited to see her & her family returning home and coming back to
Aurum.
Georgias availability is very limited so we advise booking in advance.
We are so happy to have her with us - for years after she left clients we’re still asking after her which is a true testament
to the great stylist she is!
Hannah McDouall
Senior Stylist | Educator | Creative Cutter
Hannah is our senior stylist with 12 years of experience in the industry, Hannah is available Wednesday, Thursday &
Saturday's with late night times available on request
Hannah loves all things hair dressing has a huge strength and passion for creative cutting. Hannah loves creating
amazing hair to complement her clients and brings strong values that align with ours and how we take care of people.
Megan McMurdo
Emerging Intermediate Stylist
Megan is in her final months of her apprenticeship but is used to running a full column already! Megan is available
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday.
After taking some time to be a Mum, Megan spent the past two years completing her training she started over a
decade ago! Megan loves and does a lot of blondes and balayages.
Welcome beautiful Megan who has been trained by two incredible hairstylists I admire and respect and I feel
honoured to have her join us.
Emerging Intermediate Stylist
Megan is in her final months of her apprenticeship but is used to running a full column already! Megan is available
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday.
After taking some time to be a Mum, Megan spent the past two years completing her training she started over a
decade ago! Megan loves and does a lot of blondes and balayages.
Welcome beautiful Megan who has been trained by two incredible hairstylists I admire and respect and I feel
honoured to have her join us.
Kororia Pritchard-Taua
Salon Assistant | Manaakitanga Client Support
We welcome beautiful Kororia to our business as the perfect fit for all your admin support and client care. Supporting
our stylists to help get you through your visit in a time efficient way.
Kororia is kind, caring and welcoming and the perfect person to communicate to the team.
Salon Assistant | Manaakitanga Client Support
We welcome beautiful Kororia to our business as the perfect fit for all your admin support and client care. Supporting
our stylists to help get you through your visit in a time efficient way.
Kororia is kind, caring and welcoming and the perfect person to communicate to the team.
Redo & Adjustment policy:
We want you to love your experience with us!
If there are any issues with your hair or your experience in the salon please make contact with us via email within 7 days after your appointment and we will gladly fit you in to rectify the issue free of charge.
AURUM CANCELLATION POLICY
- Give us a heads-up 24 hours before any changes.
- Deposits make online bookings a breeze!
- Missing your appointment? Giving us Less than 24 hours notice to fill your spot, It's a charge of 50% of the service fee.
- Our creativity feeds our team and families - we thank you for understanding.
- We appreciate you respecting our time, we're a small but mighty crew.
- Need to contact us? Talk to us:
DM @aurumhairstylists on Instagram & Facebook
reception@aurumhairstylists.co.nz
- Give us a heads-up 24 hours before any changes.
- Deposits make online bookings a breeze!
- Missing your appointment? Giving us Less than 24 hours notice to fill your spot, It's a charge of 50% of the service fee.
- Our creativity feeds our team and families - we thank you for understanding.
- We appreciate you respecting our time, we're a small but mighty crew.
- Need to contact us? Talk to us:
DM @aurumhairstylists on Instagram & Facebook
reception@aurumhairstylists.co.nz