Sonna Reihana
Company Director/ Leader in Business Development

Sonna is co -founder of Aurum and runs Aurum Barbers as well as 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 who he sees as part of his whanau. Sonna’s ability to make those around him feel encouraged and valued has helped each team member realise their potential - as Ria says - “he makes me brave”.
Ria Reihana -
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.

She 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 is 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.
Rhianna Robinson - Salon Manager / Hairstylist - Blonde Specialist

Rhianna has been with Aurum nearly 5 years and is not only an amazing Hairstylist who specialises in blondes but also is our salon manager.
Rhianna is such a kind and caring natural leader who always thinks about those around her and how she can help them.
Rhianna’s passion lies in connecting with people and making everyone in her chair feel amazing.

In 2019 she was asked to work for the NZ Fashion Week in Auckland where she enjoyed learning up to the minute styling techniques with out industries most talented stylists. She has also travelled to Australia for advanced training at Sydney Hair Expo as well as education at NZ Collective showcasing amazing education from guest artists from around the world including Tabatha Coffey .


During her time at Aurum Rhianna has trained closely with Ria assisting in advanced colour work and has grown into an incredibly talented stylist - her knowledge and expertise has been vital for Aurum's success.
Becky Greenall- Hairstylist - Loves Blondes & Creative Colour.
Leader in Client Care and Junior Education.
Becky is in her final year of her hairdressing Apprenticeship. She also has a strong background in performance art bringing confidence and a charismatic personality to our team.
Becky handles the day to day smooth running of the salon and ensuring our clients love and remember their experience with us. Becky is also in charge of Junior education helping our new apprentices through the beginning of their hairdressing journey.
Becky has been assisting and training for the past 3 years in advance colour work with our senior team and has a passion for colouring and a strong understanding of styling curly hair.
She is an asset to our team and is currently building a loyal clientele.
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Darion Rameka Hunt - Hairstylist | Aurum 2nd Year Apprentice.
Winner NZ Editorial Stylist of the Year 2020 Hot Shot new talent

Award winning apprentice Darion is our newest addition to the Aurum whanau.
Darion is caring, open and honest with an incredible eye for editorial work and hairstyling.

Recently participating in Shave for a Cure (check out the video on Aurum Instagram!) raising over $700 with the generous contributions from our community. Darion achieved this at the same time as getting ready for a huge year of hairdressing assessments and awards entries - all while doing the busiest job in the salon assisting all of us!

Darion really has proven to be kind, dedicated and driven to achieve her goals - we are just so proud to have her join us on this journey and see her thrive.
Darion is now taking new clients and often on the hunt for hair models - Please get in touch she would love to chat with you.

Bonna Martin - Salon Coordinator
Leader in Administration, Communication & Manaakitanga.

Bonna has been with Aurum for 4 years and is in charge of the operational running of the business - Bonna is the essential link between you and your stylist.
She has a strong background in running businesses, hospitality and beauty. Bonna is an essential part of the Aurum team and your point of contact when organising your appointments.
Bonna works hard in the background to ensure our guests and team are taken care of and that our team is up to date with the essential updates of our constantly evolving salon.
We are so grateful to have Bonna working beside us with such a genuine focus on Aurum’s success.