NATIONAL SCIENCE CHALLENGE|OUR LAND AND WATER

Pā to Plate was centred in Tai Tokerau/Northland. It focused on growing produce and resources in  lands or ‘pā/marae landscapes’ – inclusive of Māori lands, neighbouring farms. Pā to Plate responded to an outmoded, linear agribusiness focus of production and intensification. Pā to Plate was interested in the meaningful growth of food that strengthens connectedness between home lands and people.

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Pā to Plate aimed to:

1. Connect Tai Tokerau growers and farmers with each other.

2. Reconnect descendants with their land through food.

3. Re-establish Māori food-based economy around marae, papakāinga and whenua.

4. Develop a kin-market system based on sourcing, traceability and narratives.

5. Explore novel enterprise opportunities in customary resources (e.g. tuna, harakeke, fernroot).