(Gestion sostenible de la agrobiodiversidad)

Presented by Hineamaru RopatiMaori Organic Growers Network Aotearoa (NZ)

Te Waka Kai Ora

International Expert Seminar

Cultural Diversity, Food Systems and Traditional Livelihoods

2nd November 2014 , Peru

Te Tikangao

Te Tangata Whenua o Aotearoa

The value system of the People of the land of the

Long White Cloud

Indigenous Practices of Hua Parakore

Doing the Right thing, in the Right Place at the Right

time(this is Sustainable management of

Agrobiodiversity)

HUAPARAKORE: Maori Organics

MANA: Vehicle for Social Justice

MARAMATANGA: A source of enlightenment

TE AO TUROA: Maitains Natural Order

MAURI: Maintains healthy soils, kai and people

“The mauri of human beings is affected by

the quality and quantity of food available for

consumption and if the food is not of the

appropriate quality or quantity the mauri

deteriorates to a state of mauri mate.”

Kai Atua and Kai Tangata are the foundations of Maori Food Sovereignty and Food Security

Maori cultural belief system gives a deep sense of belonging to the land, we are responsible to each other and as Kaitiaki (Guardians) to our physical and natural resource

Inherent cultural practices from the past and helping to mould a sustainable AgriMaori future

Hua Parakore, a hall mark of excellence in the use of Tikanga for the production of a pure product.

Indigenous Branding

Woven World"The world is interwoven, latticed, binded as one"This piece incorporates the land earth sea and sky. The tukutuku binds them as one. Patiki is depicted in the land and korus and pattern represent new life and death, life from death, renewal of the land.

The significance of this taonga is the combination

of all aspects of life and death and the passion to

revitalize the essence of our whenua

MohiotangaResearch in a Māori sense seeks to expand knowledge outwards (te whānuitanga); in-depth (tehōhonutanga); and toward light (te māramatanga).Hirini Moko Mead

Mauri Ora!!