Fieldays is usually described as the agricultural sector’s ‘big day out’.
He reo ōkawa te reo Māori mai I te tau kotahi mano, iwa rau, waru tekau mā whitu. Engari, ka kī te taura whiri I te reo Māori, he pānekeneke tonu te reo.
500 Kaumātua from around Aotearoa will be taking to the stage this weekend, performing waiata and haka in the biggest Kaumātua Kapa Haka yet.
On Friday night the Proprietors of Rakaia Incorporation made history by becoming the first South Island dairy farm to win the 2016 Ahuwhenua Trophy, recognising Māori excellence in farming.
The three finalists in the 2016 Ahuwhenua Young Māori Dairy Farmer Competition have been announced ahead of the finals at Claudelands, Hamilton on Friday, 20th of May.
Māori Trustee Jamie Tuuta was among those honoured at the Aotearoa NZ Māori Business Leaders Awards 2016.
A section of previously unused whānau land on the shores of Lake Rotorua in Ngongotaha is now home to a new indoor facility for Rotorua’s Riding for the Disabled.
Te Tumu Paeroa manages 4 kiwifruit orchards in the Bay of Plenty and has other orchards in development on Matakana Island and Omaio.
The new Māori Science Academy – Pūhoro – was launched with a bang (quite literally) in January this year and they’ve had a non-stop schedule of events since.
In March a wealth of Māori farming expertise was on full display at the Ahuwhenua Trophy Field Days.
Farming data management, like most technology, has changed a lot in the past few decades.
Mana Vautier, NASA aerospace engineer was in Palmerston North for the launch of Pūhoro, a new Māori Science Academy aiming to bring Māori students into science and provide the foundation to succeed.
A dawn blessing on Saturday 19 March marked the opening of 14 new affordable whānau homes at Wellington’s Te Aro Pā papakāinga.
The three finalists for the 2016 Ahuwhenua Trophy BNZ Māori Excellence in Farming Award for Dairy were announced at a function in parliament by Te Ururoa Flavell and Nathan Guy.
Māori Trustee Jamie Tuuta outlines Te Tumu Paeroa plans to support more Māori into the honey industry.
New corporate shareholders for Opotiki Packing and Coolstorage Limited (OPAC) provide the company with a strategic advantage in the growing Eastern Bay of Plenty kiwifruit industry.
E rere ana te reo mihi o Te Tumu Paeroa ki te hau o uta, ki te hau o tai, ki te tai whakarunga, ki te taiwhakaaro, ki te iho tū, ki te iho whenua, ki te iho tāngata.
Māori landowners in the Bay of Plenty next year will be the first in the country to study towards Te Manu Taiko – Toro Parirau (Kaupae 4) New Zealand Certificate in Māori Governance (Level 4).
Imagine this – you live in the self-proclaimed Kumara Capital of the World and when you visit a local supermarket, the only kumara chips available are produced in China. Surprised?
In 2016, the fifth Ahuwhenua Young Māori Farmer Award will be announced. Entries close on 29 February and the category this year is dairy.
Driving through Wellington’s Greta Point over the next few months, look out for a builders fence with a story – a story steeped in a history of displacement and the hopes of a new generation.
