01/11/2024
We are so proud to announce the release of our premium 8 part tv series - Hua Parakore - Rebuilding Our Broken Food System. Episode 1 screens on Whakaata MÄori at 7.30pm, Monday November 4th. The full series will be available on MÄori+ from 8pm - https://www.maoriplus.co.nz/show/hua-parakore
Directed by Jess Feast and developed in collaboration with Dr Jessica Hutchings, the series explores the diverse ways in which Food and Soil Sovereignty is being realised in Aotearoa by MÄori growers and communities around the motu.
In each episode Dr Jessica Hutchings visits Hua Parakore whÄnau to learn how and why our current industrialised food system is broken, and the role MÄori Food and Soil Sovereignty has in creating meaningful solutions to the climate crisis and food insecurity.
This project has been a labour of love, with filming beginning in spring 2022, and we want to acknowledge the generous participants and amazing crew who shared their knowledge, time, and energy. Jess Feast, Papawhakaritorito Charitable Trust, MÄoriland, Brandon Te Moananui Ruth Korver POW Studios Bridget Lyon, Trinity Ludlow-Hudson, Simon Price, Michael Potton Piki Choosey and many, many more.
This series was made with support from NZ On Air and Te MÄngai PÄho.
Weād like to acknowledge Te Waka Kai Ora as the kaitiaki of the Hua Parakore (MÄori organics) system.
This series is based on the book āTe Mahi Oneone Hua Parakore: A MÄori Soil Sovereignty and Wellbeing Handbookā, edited by Jessica Hutchings and Jo Smith and published by Freerange Press.
Thanks to Papawhakaritorito Charitable Trust and the Asia New Zealand Foundation.