What’s at stake: Māori growers are using horticulture to build export earnings, local jobs and iwi balance sheets while keeping land and people connected.
Background: The Ahuwhenua Trophy began in 1933 and remains the most prestigious award in Māori agriculture.
Main players: Mātai Pacific Iwi Collective, Te Rina Joe, Tama Potaka, Nukuhia Hadfield and Paul Quinn frame this year’s awards as part of a wider move into Māori horticulture.
Mātai Pacific Iwi Collective’s win at the Ahuwhenua Trophy Awards dinner in Whangārei on Friday night was more than a prize for a polished kiwifruit operation.
It was a marker of a wider move by Māori landowners, iwi trusts and commercial arms into horticulture, especially kiwifruit, where
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Key points
What’s at stake: Māori growers are using horticulture to build export earnings, local jobs and iwi balance sheets while keeping land and people connected.
Background: The Ahuwhenua Trophy began in 1933 and remains the most prestigious award in Māori agriculture.
Main players: Mātai Pacific Iwi Collective, Te Rina Joe, Tama Potaka, Nukuhia Hadfield and Paul Quinn frame this year’s awards as part of a wider move into Māori horticulture.
