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Whenua and whānau

Getting dirty with Papatūānuku

The creation and maintenance of marae-based market gardens is contributing to wider community goals.

A research project - Storying Kaitiakitanga - funded by Our Land and Water created a series of case studies.

This case study from Koukourārata, a community in Port Levy. It highlights the power of growing kai helping with the expression of mana and identity. This community shares their insights of how marae-based food growing offers an alternate community economy.

Learn more about marae-based food growing practices (PDF). (opens in a new tab)

Read more about the research project - Storying Kaitiakitanga. (opens in a new tab)

All case studies with Māori entities have the following copyright applied CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. We ask that anyone wanting to use information from published case studies engage directly with the relevant researcher and case study entity to discuss terms of use.