Collaborative effort helps whānau impacted by COVID-19 26 May 2020               Iwi organisations have joined forces with Māori fishing companies Sealord and Moana New Zealand to help whānau in need in response to COVID-19. The fishing companies are providing seafood and ready-to-eat meals to iwi organisations at less than cost price. Sealord, 50% owned by iwi, has contributed more than 8 tonne of battered and crumbed seafood portions [...]

New website focuses on Māori Commercial Aquaculture Settlement 15 Haratua 2020               Takutai Trust, the Māori Commercial Aquaculture Settlement Trust, has launched a new website. The Trust acts as the eyes, ears and mouthpiece for the collective interests of Iwi Aquaculture Organisations in relation to the aquaculture settlement. This includes facilitating aquaculture settlements between Iwi and the Crown to developing Māori interests in aquaculture. The new website covers [...]

Will Treaty relations post-Covid be more of the same? Nā Dion Tuuta 15 Haratua 2020             Koi Tū – the Centre for Informed Futures, led by Sir Peter Gluckman, recently released a paper titled Social Cohesion Enhancing Kotahitanga in a Post-Covid World. The report suggests that as we transition towards post-Covid life, it’s critical that New Zealand considers what factors influence the nature and degree of social cohesion – [...]

Moana New Zealand helping Palmerston North residents in need 5 May 2020 Story courtesy of Seafood NZ               Iwi-owned fishing company Moana New Zealand is helping the Palmerston North community by creating thousands of ready-to-eat meals for those in need. Moana, in collaboration with Palmerston North Civil Defence emergency operations centre and the Salvation Army, have been working to deliver more than 8000 meals to the city's vulnerable. Moana [...]