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These resources describe how Māori ethics and values can drive entrepreneurship, innovation and sustainability in primary production. Tangata Tiriti can explore this topic to deepen their understanding of te ao Māori (the Māori world view).

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Kōura at Taipōrutu, Te Māhia-Mai-Tawhiti

Kōura is an endangered freshwater species that is experiencing an increased national profile. Te Māhia Peninsula landholder Mere Whaanga, with the help of fellow resident…
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Getting Dirty with Papatūānuku: Manaia Cunningham and Koukourārata Gardens

Food has always been cultivated at the Koukourārata Gardens on Banks Peninsula. Today, people like Manaia Cunningham are reviving the cultivation of Māori potatoes and…
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Whenua Honey: Ensuring Equity and Transparency in an East Cape Mānuka Honey Business

Learn how an enterprising whānau are contributing to the honey industry through whanaungatanga values. Laney and Eugene Hunia involve their children in all aspects of…
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John Reid: The Mutually Binding Nature of Kaitiakitanga

Senior Research Fellow Dr John Reid has worked for many years in the area of Māori land development, historical trauma and sustainable iwi development. Taking…
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Reinterpreting the value chain in an indigenous community enterprise context

The purpose of this paper is to interpret values that may inform a new approach to considering value chains from New Zealand Māori kin community…
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The Sustainable Development Goals and Indigenous Peoples: Another Missed Opportunity?

Indicators have emerged as a powerful communication tool for complex phenomena in the shift towards quantitative measurement. Using a framework informed by the United Nations…
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Whāriki: The growth of Māori community entrepreneurship

This book aims to increase understanding of what drives enterprise within an indigenous cultural space in New Zealand. Whāriki reveals how kin-based business ventures created…
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Guide to Vision Mātauranga

The Guide to Vision Mātauranga was developed by the Rauika Māngai, an assembly of senior Māori representatives from across the National Science Challenges, for for…
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Incorporating Māori values into land management decision tools

Environmental sustainability and the long-term wellbeing of Māori (the indigenous people of New Zealand) are interdependent and degradation of landscapes risks the progressive degradation of…
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Te Mahi Oneone Hua Parakore: A Māori Soil Sovereignty and Wellbeing Handbook

In te ao Māori, soil is taonga. It is also whanaunga – it holds ancestral connections and is the root of tūrangawaewae and whakapapa. It…
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More diverse, resilient, healthy landscapes by 2030 – webinar

Farmers, growers and all those who care for our land want to help build a resilient, healthy and thriving agri-food and fibre system. The role…
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