Conservation Week Film Festival: Together We Grow and Hua Parakore: Living Indigenous Food Sovereignty by Happen Films

Join Waiheke Collective for its inaugural Conservation Week Film Festival, a captivating showcase of thought-provoking and impactful films dedicated to raising awareness about environmental issues across four themes, Kai, Moana, Wildlife and Waterways.

Host:

Our Kai theme is hosted by Kai Waiheke, showcasing its food resilience mahi and some of the actors in Waiheke’s network across the food system.

Arrive at 6:30 PM for some nibbles and networking; the films start promptly at 7 PM.

Our special guest speakers will be:

• Bianca Ranson (Piritahi Marae māra kai)
• Penny Holmes (Ostend Gardens, Ostend Market, Home Grown Waiheke Trust and Community Childcare Waiheke)
• Emily King (Spira, Kai Waiheke, Crop Swap)
• Wiremu Te Taniwha (Livingwaters church)

After watching the inspiring stories of other communities around Aotearoa through Happen Films, our speakers will bring to life how food resilience is unfolding on Waiheke and kōrero about the challenges and successes they’ve had.

The night will also include opportunities for you to get involved in Kai Waiheke and the various initiatives on the island, including signing the Waiheke Food Charter.

About the Films: Together We Grow

Together We Grow is a 40-minute documentary that tells the inspiring story of a thriving hub helping to build resilience into its local community by growing, sewing, repairing, sharing – you name it, Common Unity is doing it!

Too many of our communities, here and around the world, are facing housing crises, food insecurity, social isolation, and more. In addition, the multiple impacts of the Covid pandemic and climate change are current and ongoing. How can we most effectively confront these challenges, and help our communities thrive in an economic system that leaves many feeling trapped in poverty?

Founder Julia Milne and her team have created a completely replicable model for developing strong, connected, resilient communities – a model that could be put in place across thousands of communities in Aotearoa and millions of communities across the world. They’ve proven it can be done, this film was made to help them share the story.

Hua Parakore: Living Indigenous Food Sovereignty

Hua Parakore was established in Aotearoa New Zealand by Te Waka Kai Ora, the National Māori Organics Authority. It provides a framework using Indigenous values – Māori principles – for producing natural food without chemical inputs or GMO.

It also encapsulates the Māori worldview in its approach to how food growers are verified as Hua Parakore, with principles that require practitioners to deeply consider such things as their connection with the land, its energy, the many species living on it, and their community.

This documentary provides an insight into Hua Parakore from the perspective of one of its most knowledgeable practitioners – Jessica Hutchings was one of the researchers who helped develop the framework.

Student $10 ticket code:

WCFILMFEST