‘Kia ora means hello, are you well? Have you eaten? Kai means all those things. To manaaki people. Kahungunu was a manaaki person. He was a giver, he was a provider, cultivator, harvester of the sea, hunter of the land and a digger of crops. That’s who we are’.

Ngahiwi Tomoana nō Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Hori, Ngāti Hawea, Ngāti Hinemoa Kaiwhakaora research project 2019

Our ancestors gathered kai in abundance directly from their environment and this is the moemoeā we hold for whānau now and future generations. Our actions today can ensure that we are able to feed ourselves and our communities healthy, sustainable kai sourced in abundance from our local natural environment.

Nā Māori, mō Māori; Māori Food Sovereignty.