Taiaroa Royal returned home to Lake Okareka, in Rotorua, to take over the family farm. The family's focus was on transforming their 500-acre land to more sustainable practices and soon discovered, that the land offered them so much more.
Aspiring to be the world's leading indigenous food and beverage provider, Kono shows us that Maori values in business pay off and that profit and purpose can work hand in hand.
In 2019, three siblings decided to set up a nursery and give back to their whenua in Taharoa, a remote village on the West coast known for its beautiful lakes and the iron sand mine
We are in the deep south with dairy farmer Tangaroa Walker. For Walker it's not all about cows and milk - it's about checking in with his staff and looking after each other's mental health.
Raised on Great Barrier Island, Auckland-based Tama Toki has taken the knowledge handed down to him by his kuia and created a commercial rongoa Maori product called Aotea.
In 2015 the crown settled with Te Rarawa. They gave back some money and land but most importantly it gave the iwi restored, mana and empowerment.
We travel from the Far North of New Zealand to the sunny Bay of Plenty to meet a collective of Maori food producers who have invested in Blueberries. Promoting Maori success by showcasing whanau, hapu and iwi enterprises in New Zealand Aotearoa.
We look at the success of Ruatorea's Hikurangi Enterprises - from hemp, housing to a multi-million dollar medicinal cannabis facility on iwi land.
Follow the journey of mother and grandmother Janet Poihipi as she reconnects with her Whenua (land) through Dairy Farming on the east coast of the Bay of Plenty
All the kaimoana (seafood) we love best, from oysters to crayfish and paua, iwi-owned Moana New Zealand leads the way in supplying Aotearoa and the world. We also meet a next-generation marine ecologist and innovator, Daria Bell.
The Tuhoe Tuawhenua Trust is committed to finding ways to ensure that Ruatahuna is a thriving community, through their commercial ventures and regular wananga they are reconnecting their people with their whenua and whakapapa.
Nate Smith is on a journey to change the way Aotearoa approaches commercial fishing. Nate works to empower and support small local fishing communities and bring a sustainable approach back to Aotearoa's seafood industry.
Kai Rotorua is an organisation that connects people to Papatuanuku and growing kumara is their main tool. Volunteers decided to grow the kumara for Rotorua's Matariki Umu Kohukohu Whetu, they began a learning journey.
Torere Macadamia's pioneering Vanessa Hayes and her whanau, traverse thirty years of trials, tribulations and triumph to become world leaders in the industry and they bring in more Maori growers, through the Mataatua Macadamia Collective.
Will commercialising an endangered species bring it back from the brink? Manaki Whitebait has set out to revitalise Aotearoa's declining whitebait population, shaking up the entire commercial whitebaiting industry in the process.
Expensive and gourmet - truffles are fast becoming the crop du jour for entrepreneurial Maori. Opotiki growers Matiu Hudson and Annette Munday are leaders in truffle farming and they encourage and support new growers.
The Wi Pere Trust Farm is located in the heart of Gisborne. The farm embodies a unique blend of cultural and commercial endeavours
Aotearoa is home to a rich and diverse resrource of native plants, traditionally used by Māori for wellbeing. In 2010, Waikato based husband and wife team Helen and Scott founded Ōku, to transform native plants into a commercial product range.
After Nga Wairiki Ngati Apa received their treaty settlement, their goal was to provide sustainable business for the iwi. Buying Te Hou farm was quickly followed by forestry and then further diversifying into strawberry growing.
The community at Whakaki looks at new ways to restore and protect its waterways.
Puniu River Care is based at Mangatoatoa Marae in the King Country. Established by Shannon Te Huia eight years ago, they aim to rejuvenate the life force of the Puniu River.
Visionary chef Kaai Silbery is building a sustainable honey cooperative on Rekohu, protecting disease-free bees and creating premium freeze-dried honey with kaitiakitanga at heart.
Miraka - a Maori owned dairy company near Taupo - champions sustainability and kaitiakitanga. Powered by geothermal energy, it leads with eco-innovation.