Te Whenua Ora o Taranaki
Maunga Taranaki rising over ngahere and awa
Mātauranga Māori · Taranaki

Te Whenua Ora
o Taranaki

Nurturing the mauri of whenua, awa and tangata.

A whenua and wellbeing kaupapa grounded in mātauranga Māori and regenerative practice - walking alongside whānau across Taranaki.

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Whenua
Wānanga
Awa
Whānau

Grounded in kaitiakitanga, whakapapa and wānanga.

We walk alongside whānau, hapū and community to care for the land and the people upon it - observing the rhythms of the sky, the whenua and the awa, and acting in season.

Ngahere
Maunga
Kāinga
Māra
Our kaupapa

Caring for the whenua, season by season

Whenua & awa

Restoring soil, ngahere and waterways through regenerative, low-impact practice.

Maramataka

Planting, resting and gathering in rhythm with the seasons.

Tangata

Wellbeing grounded in connection to place, to people and to tīpuna - learning together.

Te anga · the framework

Mātauranga Māori at the centre

The framework holds six areas of whenua wellbeing - soil, water, climate, animals, people and biodiversity. Mātauranga Māori is not one area among them. It sits at the centre as the knowledge that guides how we observe, interpret, plan and act across all six.

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Mātauranga
Māori
Papa OraHealthy SoilWai OraHealthy WaterHau OrangaClimate HealthTiaki KarareheAnimal WelfareTiaki TangataPeople WellbeingRerenga RauropiBiodiversity
Te iho o te anga · the heart of the framework

Mātauranga Māori · Knowledge

Mātauranga Māori is the wisdom of te ao Māori - carried in whakapapa, te reo, karakia, tikanga and generations of close observation of the taiao. It shapes how we read the whenua, the wai and the sky, and how we plan the mahi - from te tau hou Māori to each night of the maramataka.

Puanga & Matariki
Maramataka
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Ngā rauemi · resources

Practical tools for the whenua

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Mātauranga tools

Maramataka Planning Calendar

A printable planning calendar for reading the lunar month and the season ahead.

Assessment tools

Visual Assessment Tools

Soil, pasture, farm practice, water, people and animal welfare assessments.

Kete of practices

Kete of Practices

No tillage, diverse seed mixes, mob grazing and more - regenerative practices for the whenua.

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Learn, share kai and kōrero

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Open

Traditional cultivation & bio-stimulant fertilisers

Hōani Pāpita, Normanby · 9:30am–2:15pm

Thursday 23 July 2026

Tautoko · walk with us

Toitū te whenua, toitū te tangata

Join a planting day, learn the maramataka, or support the kaupapa however you can. We'd love to hear from you, e hoa.

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