MĀORILAND MAARA
& KAI COLLECTIVE

OUR MAARA TEAM

Elishka Graham & Tania Hakaraia

Māoriland is committed to

-Kaitiakitanga – Being good caretakers
-Para Kore – Zero Waste
-Tikanga Māori – practices to achieve ecological sustainability
-Hauora – Better kai means better health
-Mana motuhake – Food sovereignty `

Nau mai Haere mai…
Join us in the maara!

Maara Noticeboard

For all your community notices and handy hints in the garden!

BRING YOUR COMPOST TO US

KAIBOSH

Māoriland has partnered with Kaibosh to share quality surplus food that would otherwise have gone to landfill with our community.

One day every week we set up outside Toi Matarau Gallery. We try to ensure everyone can get a little something, and at times when people need extra we can usually help. This whole event depends on manaakitanga and engaging in respectful, sharing and caring way.

SLUG AND SNAIL TRAP

This little contraption, filled with beer, in every bed has changed my gardening life, check out the photos of my slug and snail traps and I totally recommend you make your own!

Safe from slugs and snails, tomatoes and cucumbers are taking up space in the kitchen while we wait for the soil to warm up, not long now and I will have the dining table back.

ELISKHA'S PARSLEY PESTO
Pesto can be made from any green, but here’s Elishka’s Parsley Pesto Recipe…

Parsley 2 packed cups roughly

Chopped Cashews 3/4 cup (can substitute with any seeds or nuts you have)

Oil 3/4 cup (I strongly prefer cold pressed olive oil)

Grated rind half lemon

Salt and Pepper to taste (more is good!)

Mix well and enjoy with bread or crackers!

Summer’s end in the Māoriland Maara

Our willow fence line is establishing and beautifies the dilapidated tin fence, but this willow does need attention and weaving while it is still supple to develop its shape. This […]

November in the Maara

Te Ao Tūroa – The natural order Tūroa: established, of long standing, enduring, long-lasting Ao tūroa: enduring world, earth, nature I have been thinking about the acts we can engage […]

Māoriland and Kaibosh to distribute FREE surplus kai to Ōtaki community

On Tuesdays Māoriland has kai available for those who need it outside our Toi Matarau Gallery on Main Street, Ōtaki. The surplus kai comes from Kaibosh, an charity that collects […]

October in the Maara

There really is nothing quite like this time of the year in the māra… The joys and rites of spring… Seeds are sprouting merrily on windowsills and being transferred optimistically […]

MĀORILAND MAARA & KAI COLLECTIVE