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Support, endorse and resource food sovereignty in accordance with our indigenous measurement tool
What this means in practice
Reconnecting people of all ages to where our sustenance comes from - how it grows and how we can be more resilient when we understand this.
Sub-actions
- Ka noho - wairua and ngākau: Assist rangatahi Youth, younger generation. to reconnect with mātauranga Māori Māori knowledge – sciences to nurture skills and awareness around what it means to be self-sufficient.
- Teina - hinengaro: Enable educational programmes focused on reviving ancient Māori food practices as a way to help rangatahi and their whānau Extended family, family group, a familiar term of address to a number of people. Also the primary economic unit of traditional Māori society. understand self-sovereignty beginning with food sovereignty.
- Te tangata - tinana: Promote, progress and fund current and emerging initiatives, programmes and groups who are actively committed to the restoration, sustainability and protection of food sovereignty systems within their communities.