He rautaki ngahere Māori: a draft national Māori Forestry Strategy

Ngā Kōrero
Written By Kim Manunui

Work is underway to draft a Consultation Māori Forestry Strategy Document which will be shared and refined with Māori, industry and government stakeholders between September 2023 and April 2024.

In May 2023, at Rotorua, rangatira and thought leaders from across the motu attended Ngā Kōrero Rangatira mō Ngā Hua Ngahere 2023 and endorsed the drafting of He Rautaki Ngahere Māori A National Māori Forestry Strategy to achieve actions 2.1 (Empower Māori to be national decision makers in forestry) and 2.2 (Support growth of Māori ownership across forest value chains) of the government’s Forestry & Wood Processing Industry Transformation Plan (ITP). These actions will be achieved by collaborating through implementation pathways designed by and led by Ngā Pou a Tāne members. The mahi will merge with implementations being championed by other players in the Māori sector, the forestry industry, Government, and communities around the globe. (The Programme).

This was built onto work completed by Ngā Pou a Tāne with Te Uru Rākau in August 2022 which challenged the first draft of the ITP (released in July 2022) by insisting that people be at the centre of the transformation. A later document was released in November 2022 to embrace this.

Key implementations for Māori delivery were developed by Ngā Pou a Tāne and are outlined in Actions 2.1 and 2.2 of the ITP:  

What good looks like for Māori forest landowners:

A draft Māori Forestry Strategy seeks to put whanau, hapū and Iwi at the centre by:

  • Empowering a Māori forestry paradigm.

  • Moving from land lease to forest ownership.

  • Lifting the standards, innovation and performance of forests on Māori land.

  • Promoting tikanga-informed forestry products.

  • Decarbonising the Māori forestry value chain.

Consider getting involved by joining Ngā Pou a Tāne, more info here

Kim Manunui

Hi, I’m Kim and I work with a great team to help individuals, as well as small and not so small businesses get their message, product and services to the world using digital media and creating wonderful websites that don’t cost the earth.

I was born in Canada, and grew up around Vancouver and the mountains of British Columbia. My love of pristine environments led me to New Zealand and eventually to the mountains, lakes and rivers of the central North Island which is home. My family’s heritage is here, and it’s from here that Korio traverses the planet.

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