Ka tangi te Kawekaea
In Koanga, we are delighted to offer this opportunity to join the Hua Parakore verification system.
Are you a passionate grower utilising natural sustainable inputs to create high vibrational pure kai?
Whether you're a home gardener or growing an abundance for the local community and market of Aotearoa, Hua Parakore is a korowai that can embrace all of you.
Hua Parakore is carried out over three phases, a journey where you deepen and embed the six kaupapa into your practice.
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Kākano: complete your Hua Parakore Kai production plan, embracing the six principles of Hua Parakore and how they are expressed in your Mahinga Kai.
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Tipuranga: where growth is emerging, and your practice is embodying Hua Parakore.
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Puāwai: which is demonstrated in your practices, connections within your community and a manifestation of the six Hua Parakore principles.
Upon joining Hua Parakore you are invited to our exclusive online monthly wānanga, where you will connect with like-minded whānau and where the knowledge is deepened in our Mahinga Kai practices.
Enrolments for the Hua Parakore Verification will open on Rakau-nui September 18th, 2024.
What is Hua Parakore?
Hua Parakore is a kaupapa Māori system for Kai Atua - Pure Foods. It can also be activated by Māori for Māori as a food sovereignty and food security system. It supports local māra kai initiatives and agriculture and horticulture that is free from all pesticides, synthetic fertilisers and GMO. It is the world’s first Indigenous verification system for Kai Atua. There are Hua Parakore verified producers both on farms, marae and with Māori food outlets across Aotearoa. Hua Parakore is also available to other Indigenous producers around the world and as such there are Indigenous producers that are Hua Parakore verified such as MA’O Farms in Hawaii.
“Hua Parakore is an integrity based process about authenticating Māori seeds, Māori grown, Māori verified, Māori marketed and Māori exported. Hua Parakore is a Māori point of difference”
- Te Iwi Puihi Tipene, Ngati Hine, Founder Te Waka Kai Ora.
Hua Parakore is an Indigenous validation and verification system that
is based on mātauranga, tikanga and te reo and is drawn from the wisdom of our tupuna.
Hua Parakore provides a kaupapa Māori pathway for Māori producers to
tell a kaupapa Māori story with regards to their food production.
Hua Parakore is also understood as Kai Atua or a pure product. All elements
are traceable with no exposure to any contaminant including GMOs. Hua Parakore products are created within a safe environment, harmonized with all elements of nature.
Hua Parakore is not a standard, the system has values that combine
mātauranga Māori, tikanga and key organic principles.
In the media
Hua parakore: an indigenous food sovereignty initiative and hallmark of excellence for food and product production
Hua Parakore is an indigenous verification and validation system for mahinga kai (food and product production) that is initiated and driven by Te Waka Kai Ora (National Māori Organics Authority of Aotearoa). It is the realisation of a community driven kaupapa Māori research project located at the flaxroots with Te Waka Kai Ora regional communities.
