Authentic taonga foods
Authentic Taonga Foods
Authentic Taonga Foods
Aotearoa New Zealand has a unique opportunity to partner with Māori to develop new food and bio-based products that have strong connections to land and culture.
Indigenous knowledge and science can play a key role in enabling the development of a thriving high-value taonga products sector.
We are building this sector by first partnering with Māori. Then working together to develop proprietary knowledge of taonga-based foods and ingredients and designing innovative pathways for product development.
We are also building strong foundations and principles in access and benefit sharing models and data custodianship that acknowledge the cultural importance of taonga and the role of kaitiaki in safeguarding these resources and knowledge for future generations.
Our programmes | - | - |
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Taonga Data Pou | Tools and policy to enable active protection of taonga and Māori data | Linley Jesson & Hanareia Ehau-Taumaunu |
Benefit Sharing in Action | Developing legal mechanisms to enable sharing of benefits derived from use of taonga with indigenous communities | Bruce Hickman & Silua Ettles |
Waiho i te toipoto – science in the community | Taking science out of the lab and into communities to inspire the next generation of rangatahi into science areas | |
Te Hono Kai - reconnecting with kai, kai systems and people | Indigenous-led research that draws on science to strengthen the connection to mātauranga of kai, indigenous food practices | Matt Wylie |
Ka Hikitia te hua | Supporting the development of a new taonga-based products by reducing barriers to scale and commercialisation | Mathew Cummings & Gert-Jan Moggre |
Food regulations & indigenous knowledge | Supporting taonga-based food companies realise opportunities within current food regulatory legislations | Carolyn Lister |
He kai te rongoā, He rongoā te kai | Partnering with practitioners and kaitiaki to affirm the health promoting potential of rongoā rakau | Jonni Koia & Dominic Lomiwes |
