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Aotearoa's Indigenous, National Māori Organics Authority

Kaitiaki of Hua Parakore - Our Indigenous Verification System for validating and growing Kai Atua - Pure Food

We are made up of Hua Parakore verified producers and Māori growers, producers, cooks, bakers, fermenters and farmers.

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.

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Hua Parakore embodies an Indigenous validation and verification system rooted in mātauranga, tikanga, and te reo, derived from the wisdom of our tūpuna. This enlightening approach allows Māori Kai, rongoā, artisian producers to authentically convey the essence of their food production through the tūpuna tikanga perspective.

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He Whāriki o ngā Kaupapa mō Hua Parakore

The Framework of Principles for Hua Parakore

Hua Parakore is based on the infinite diversity and richness of the kaupapa of our whānau, hapū and iwi. For the purpose of the Ngā Āhuatanga, six kaupapa have been identified as central to Hua Parakore production.

These are not intended as the only kaupapa that exclusively inform Hua Parakore, but have simply been identified as starting points to guide you in planning the tikanga that you will implement in your mahinga kai.

The six kaupapa that have been identified by TWKO are illustrated being encompassed within the wider kaupapa of Hua Parakore. The colours have been used to show that whilst each kaupapa has their own distinctive āhua, when considered together they complement one another to produce Hua Parakore. These kaupapa are all interrelated in the way they are understood and expressed. Each layer is explained below with their meaning and a description of their distinctive āhua.

Each section in the Ngā Tikanga focuses on one of these kaupapa and the tikanga you use to uphold them. Please refer to Resource 2: “Ngā Kaupapa o Hua Parakore” for discussion from the Te Waka Kai Ora community on how these kaupapa are upheld in the mahinga kai. Suggestions of tikanga that can be used to uphold each kaupapa in any mahinga kai are also provided.

HUA PARAKORE
When all six kaupapa are expressed together, they give rise to Hua Parakore. Mā represents infinite possibility, purity, perfection, the triumph of spirit over the physical, joy, integrity and manifestation

WHAKAPAPA
The natural connectionsbetween ngā atua, whenua, te kai

and te tāngata. Encompassed within the kauae runga and the kauae raro. Waiporoporo represents pedigree, genealogy, connection, understanding and knowing.

WAIRUA
The spiritual heathand peace of mahinga kai and the people.

Kikorangi represents truth, morality, serenity, harmony, soothing of the mind, calming, reconstructing, protecting, communication, spirituality, clairvoyance, pyschic ability, high ideals, devotion, reverence, veneration, imagination and dreaming.

MANA
The autonomy, security and self-determination of whānau, hapū, iwi and Ngāi Māori. Kakariki represents growth, regeneration, hope and paradise.

MĀRAMATANGA
The enlightenment. Kōwhairepresents intellect, mental clarity, reasoning, analysis, judgement, logical processes, induction, deduction, synthesis and creativity.

TE AO TŪROA
The natural orderof theuniverse. Karaka represents balance, connection between intellect and nature, immunity and potency.

MAURI
The vibrational energy for growth. Whero represents life,

survival, energy, the physical, fertility, vitality and health.

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