Permaculture & Pluralism: Otaki

A tree on the homestead of Jessica Hutching, one of the founders of Hua Parakore. It reveals the dynamic river-side landscape, and how the land is constantly changing. 

"Hua parakore tells the stories of the systems and the lands." -Jessica Hutchings

The farm is built in expectation of a wild, moving river, as opposed to trying to contain it and disrespect it. 

"Hua Parakore is an indigenous verification and validation system for mahinga kai (food and product production) that is initiated and driven by Te Waka Kai Ora (National Māori Organics Authority of Aotearoa)."

It goes beyond the Western organics movement of bureaucracy and monetization, and involves a whole community, culture, and holistic relationship with the land. It provides a pathway for a different business model and different worldview to exist within the modern marketplace, and thrive.

See Hua parakore: an indigenous food sovereignty initiative and hallmark of excellence for food and product production

We want "a world in which many worlds fit." -Zapatista movement

"Pluralism does not claim to see through all the windows, or to control all (or some) of them. Pluralism simply acknowledges the existence of other windows."