Draft:Hua Parakore

Hua Parakore is an indigenous food production verification system. It was developed by Te Waka Kai Ora (The National Māori Organics Authority of Aotearoa New Zealand). The verification process of Hua Parakore is community-driven and was developed in collaboration the  with indigenous communities and researchers.

The system verifies that food production (and other goods such as meat, wools, traditional medicines etc.) are made to a high organic standard and adhere to kaupapa Māori. Practices of food growers who are who are verified must be sustainable and growers must uplift indigenous food sovereignty. . After announcement of a launch in September 2010, Te Waka Kai Ora publicly launched Hua Parakore accreditation label for food producers during Matariki in 2011 .