He aha te kai ō te rangatira? He kōrero, he kōrero, he kōrero.
What is the food of the leader? It is knowledge, it is communication.
Rural Delivery: WMI Farm 4
The Wairarapa Moana Incorporation number four dairy farm was the winner of the coverted Ahuwhenua trophy for the top māori dairy farm in the country 2024.
Rural Delivery: Miraka Milk Update
Miraka, the first geothermally powered milk processing plant in the world, has achieved B-corp certification. The Māori owned company is recognised for having one of the lowest manufacturing carbon footprints worldwide, with a strong dedication to sustainability, circular practices, and community engagement embedded within every aspect of its operations.
Māori Dairying: Our Place. Our People. Our Future.
The economic contribution of Māori to the economy of Aotearoa New Zealand nearly doubled from $17 billion in 2018 to $32 billion in five years to 2023, with Māori dairy farming contributing $4.4 billion (about 14%)
Home, Land And Sea, Episode 3 – Miraka
Miraka, a Māori owned diary company near Taupō, champions sustainability and kaitiakitanga. Powered by geothermal energy, it leads with eco-innovation, like hydrogen tanker and composting factory waste.
MEDIA STATEMENT: Miraka signs new low-carbon A2 milk product agreement during Chinese Premier’s NZ visit
During the visit of Chinese Premier, Li Qiang, to New Zealand last week, low-carbon dairy processor, Miraka, signed an agreement with Chinese dairy company, Theland, to produce a new range of low-carbon, A2 milk products for export to China.
2024 Ahuwhenua Trophy Winner Announced
Wairarapa Moana ki Pouākani are honoured and proud to be the winners of the Ahuwhenua Trophy for 2024, for Dairy.
In accepting the award, Chairman Kingi Smiler, on behalf of the Committee of Management acknowledged what a privilege it has been, to be finalist with the Whakatohea Māori Trust Board, as we shared the story of our journey of confiscated lands, displacement of our people, and commitment that we have made as kaitiaki to our whenua and our whānau.
High care and high efficiency worthy of recognition
A South Waikato hapu’s high care and high efficiency farming model on one of its landholdings has seen it recognised as a finalist in this year’s Ahuwhenua Trophy.
Wairarapa Moana’s ki Pouakani Incorporation’s (WMI) Farm 4 uses inputs strategically as well as measuring and managing its pasture covers in a challenging environment to consistently see it placed in the top 10% of benchmarked dairy farms in the Taupō region.
Wairarapa Moana tells UN Special Rapporteur of Crown’s ‘trail of broken promises’
Wairarapa Moana Incorporation has told the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples about the Crown’s “trail of broken promises” during a two-day visit with them.
Francisco Cali-Tzay, an independent human rights expert for the UN Human Rights Council, is in Aotearoa on an academic visit at the request of Wairarapa Moana, Wakatū Incorporation in the South Island and the National Iwi Chairs Forum, together with the Human Rights Commission.
WHAT’S DRIVING THE MĀORI ECONOMY?
Recently Newsroom looked into what is driving the Māori economy.
Newsroom begins a six-part video series on the Māori economy.
Produced by Hinge Productions, the series is presented by Māori business analyst Joshua Hitchcock no Te Āti Awa ki Taranaki.
“This documentary takes a look into how the Māori Economy works, what drives it and makes it – and the businesses that operate within it – different from the wider New Zealand economy,” says Hitchcock.
