Community Resilience Hīkoi
Parihaka, 249 Mid Parihaka Rd, Parihaka · Koha · with Urs Tuhi-Ao
Gather at Parihaka to hear the history of a community maara kai based in a traditional Māori papakainga that was created as a centre of peaceful resistance to the 19th century land thefts. Walk the vegetable rows, box gardens, food forests and native habitat restoration with a playground and hear how the maara feeds the three marae, residents and wider whanau and hapū, supports the community to kōrero Māori and develop the skills to grow kai.
Date
- Monday, 9 November 2026, 10am–11am
About the venue
Established in the 1860s the current maara kai at Parihaka Pa has been growing for about 25 years. The garden uses permaculture and organic methods to grow a wide variety of vegetables, fruit trees, nuts, herbs while restoring native habitat. Beyond abundance, this maara kai nourishes three marae, residents and wider whānau, while hosting reo Māori sessions, school visits, cultural events and a Kai Oranga gardening course — a living papakainga rooted in collective resilience, wellbeing and peaceful resistance to colonisation