We have been stewarding 12 ha of hua parakore (Māori verified organic) land for the last 20 years in Kaitoke, Wellington, Aotearoa. This has involved re-cloaking the land in native trees to bring back native birds, sequester carbon, to grow biodiversity and live Indigenous food, seed and soil sovereignty everyday. We have a particular focus on soil health and elevating the mana (power and reputation) of our soil deity - Hineahuone. 

This work has been done alongside Indigenous communities and with non-Indigenous allies as a pathway to heal the trauma of agricultural colonisation and model regenerative activities for Indigenous hope and healing on land. Whilst we have done a lifetime's work planting trees and digging holes on some parts of our land as well as growing food gardens to live Māori food sovereignty everyday, our vision is to scale out these activities to the rest of the farm, restoring grassland back to forest in community with Indigenous peoples. 