Te mana Māori, te manaaki tangata, te mana māra.
Just as hospitality is constant, we need the garden to be constant.
‘Land is food, land is survival around here.’
Aramanu Ropiha
Mai Kai includes all aspects of māra kai and extends the full range of territories, from the mountain ranges to the sea. The abundant cooperative food system of our ancestors requires our rangatahi to acquire many skills from our elders.
Customary kai production includes:
- Huawhenua / Vegetables
- Huarākau / Fruit
- Kai purapura / Seed saving
- Mahinga kai / Food foraging
- Mīti me mīti heihei / Meat and poultry
- Kaimoana / Seafood
- Rongoā Māori / Traditional Māori medicine
- Mahinga kairaupī / Beekeeping
- Kai kākano / Propagation and nursery
- Mahi wairākau / Composting
- Ahumoana / Aquaculture
- Whareumu / Production
