Mills Farm & Hua Parekore

Mills Farm applies the principles of sustainability for future generations. We look after our land and people.

We refer to the fundamentals of Kai Atua (Pure Foods) and follow the Hua Parekore, Māori food sovereignty and food protection process.

It supports food initiatives, agriculture and horticulture that is free from all pesticides, fertilisers and GMO.

“Hua Parakore is an integrity based process about authenticating Māori seeds, Māori grown, Māori verified, Māori marketed and Māori exported. Hua Parakore is a Māori point of difference”.  

Te Iwi Puihi Tipene, Ngati Hine, Founder Te Waka Kai Ora.

Hua Parakore is the world’s first Indigenous verification system for Kai Atua. This system verifies producers both on farms, marae (meeting place) and Māori food outlets across Aotearoa/New Zealand.

It is based on six indigenous principles:

• Whakapapa (genealogy, lineage, descent) of food
• Wairua (spirit)
• Mana (authority)
• Te Ao Tūroa (purity of intent, no harm)
• Māramatanga (insight, understanding)
• Mauri (life force)

Hua Parakore is also available to other Indigenous producers around the world, such as MA’O Farms in Hawaii.

Watch below and hear from Hineamaru Ropati (tribe Ngati Hine), Trustee Te Waka Kai Ora. Hineamaru is also a respected researcher and senior lecturer.