{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-article-entry-tsx","path":"/en-nz/article/partnership-between-iwi-and-cri-yields-results/","result":{"data":{"contentful":{"article":{"sys":{"id":"6FqZ4GekiKM2AkBrOtBcZk","publishedVersion":39},"headSnippet":null,"title":"Partnership between Iwi and CRI yields results","urlSlug":"partnership-between-iwi-and-cri-yields-results","metaDescription":"Tanenuiarangi o Manawatū Inc and Rangahau Ahumāra Kai Plant & Food Research partnership will see the two organisations explore new areas that weave together mātauranga Maori and putaiao  ","byline":null,"heroBlurb":"Tanenuiarangi o Manawatū Inc and Rangahau Ahumāra Kai Plant & Food Research today formalised their Tiriti Pathway Partnership Agreement. The next phase of the partnership will see the two organisations explore new areas of mutual interest that weave together mātauranga Māori (indigenous knowledge) and putaiao (western science principles).","eventDate":null,"contentType":{"sys":{"id":"2Yk6Wyoqw82pkTocc7E5pn","publishedVersion":4},"name":"News","singularName":"News"},"podcast":null,"cardImage":{"sys":{"id":"7EIx4RVK7ubPD5inplVN3U","publishedVersion":4},"url":"https://images.ctfassets.net/y9no91j9bwnp/7EIx4RVK7ubPD5inplVN3U/c6ec00ece94c57814aa555a17e0b15a8/2024-news-partnership-between-iwi-and-cri-yields-results.jpg","title":"Tanenuiarangi o Manawatū signing","height":3776,"width":5676,"contentType":"image/jpeg"},"shareImage":{"url":"https://images.ctfassets.net/y9no91j9bwnp/7EIx4RVK7ubPD5inplVN3U/c6ec00ece94c57814aa555a17e0b15a8/2024-news-partnership-between-iwi-and-cri-yields-results.jpg"},"publishDate":"2024-03-22T00:00:00.000+13:00","content":{"json":{"data":{},"content":[{"data":{},"content":[{"data":{},"marks":[],"value":"Originally agreed in August 2022, the last eighteen months have seen Tanenuiarangi o Manawatū and Plant & Food Research undertake a range of research and scientific projects in partnership, including the preservation and restoration of the critically endangered tree species swamp maire, karakin analysis of the fruits and kernels of karaka, and propagation of Kūmarahou (","nodeType":"text"},{"data":{},"marks":[{"type":"italic"}],"value":"Pomaderris ","nodeType":"text"},{"data":{},"marks":[],"value":"sp.","nodeType":"text"},{"data":{},"marks":[{"type":"italic"}],"value":")","nodeType":"text"},{"data":{},"marks":[],"value":" for use in rongoā rākau","nodeType":"text"},{"data":{},"marks":[{"type":"italic"}],"value":".","nodeType":"text"}],"nodeType":"paragraph"},{"data":{},"content":[{"data":{},"marks":[],"value":"In October 2022 a joint position was established between Plant & Food Research and Tanenuiarangi o Manawatū focussed around Te Papaioea and the rohe of Rangitāne o Manawatū. Renata Blissett was appointed and creates a conduit between both entities creating a shared connection between the parties. Part of Renata’s focus has been supporting the staff at Plant & Food Research Te Papaioea to lift their cultural confidence in working with Mana Whenua and streamlining consent and compliance requirements, together with Plant & Food Research’s own Tono Site Group. This has also included a three-day learning series on cultural confidence undertaken last year and planned again for this year. Grounded in the WAI262 Best practice principles this programme supports staff to have insights to the histories of the nation of Rangitāne o Manawatū, the Treaty Settlement process undertaken by Rangitāne o Manawatū, applying the best practice principles of WAI262 in their everyday work and a cultural confidence pathway developed specifically for Plant & Food Research staff by Tanenuiarangi o Manawatū.","nodeType":"text"}],"nodeType":"paragraph"},{"data":{},"content":[{"data":{},"marks":[],"value":"Danielle Harris Group CEO of Tanenuiarangi o Manawatū Inc identified that “…this has been one of the key relationships we have been focusing on. Drawing on the expertise of our Te Ao Turoa Environmental Team to guide and support scientific research that is of focus and interest for the nation of Rangitāne o Manawatū supports us in exercising our kaitiakitanga – guardianship and sovereignty. Over the last eighteen months we have together created an authentic and effective partnership between a CRI and Iwi that demonstrates how mātauranga Māori and pūtaiao can coalesce through sharing perspectives, knowledge, responsibilities and accountabilities across numerous projects and initiatives.”","nodeType":"text"}],"nodeType":"paragraph"},{"data":{},"content":[{"data":{},"marks":[],"value":"Mark Piper, CEO of Plant & Food Research, was excited to see the partnership grow into a formal partnership agreement. “The foundation we have built with Tanenuiarangi o Manawatū is based on relationship first, it has been a learning curve on both sides. The formalisation of this agreement demonstrates our shared commitment to continue this journey together to understand how Mātauranga Māori and science can work hand in hand to deliver research of benefit to Aotearoa.”","nodeType":"text"}],"nodeType":"paragraph"},{"data":{},"content":[{"data":{},"marks":[],"value":"Outside of the specific research programmes, the partnership has already started to generate important developments that are contributing to global recognition of indigenous nations knowledge and kaitiakitanga of taonga/indigenous species including Rangitāne o Manawatū being the first indigenous nation globally to have named a genome sequence (Maire Tawake) grounded in indigenous knowledge and te reo, Rangitāne o Manawatū will also retain sovereignty over any access to the sequence through the Genomics Aotearoa Data Repository .","nodeType":"text"}],"nodeType":"paragraph"},{"data":{},"content":[{"data":{},"marks":[],"value":"The partnership, co-led by Wayne Blissett, has also published and presented internationally focusing on ethical plant access through partnership with indigenous people.","nodeType":"text"}],"nodeType":"paragraph"},{"data":{},"content":[{"data":{},"marks":[],"value":"Aspirational goals arising from the partnership include encouraging rangatahi to engage in STEMM disciplines, including Mātauranga Māori, as future career choices, development of economic enterprises associated with plant-based products, enhancing the social wellbeing of whanau through the interface of pūtaiao and mātauranga Māori.","nodeType":"text"}],"nodeType":"paragraph"},{"data":{},"content":[{"data":{},"marks":[],"value":"The signing of this new agreement aligns with Plant & Food Research's TONO strategy, led by Stacey Whitiora, and the development of enduring Te Huatahi partnerships with Māori organisations.","nodeType":"text"}],"nodeType":"paragraph"}],"nodeType":"document"},"links":{"entries":{"inline":[],"block":[]}}},"contactBlock":{"__typename":"Contentful_BlockGetInTouch","sys":{"id":"3vtnDWOEZfTHV2fURsAIO1","publishedVersion":39},"heading":"Get in touch","subHeading":"Interested?","colourway":{"label":"Purple"},"callToAction":{"__typename":"Contentful_Link","sys":{"id":"6duaiOQrpF2reo5g7x0uRd","publishedVersion":7},"label":"Contact Us","externalUrl":null,"internalPageQueryString":null,"openInNewTab":null,"internalPage":{"__typename":"Contentful_Page","urlSlug":"contact-us"},"variant":"Primary","buttonSize":"large","file":null},"image":{"__typename":"Contentful_ImageWithFocalPoint","sys":{"id":"57Egf2RaZ9AoZ0DHpZMbAz","publishedVersion":3},"focalPoint":{"focalPoint":{"x":1201,"y":388}},"image":{"sys":{"id":"2auskQdAfK9HTQwqy8X1eW","publishedVersion":4},"url":"https://images.ctfassets.net/y9no91j9bwnp/2auskQdAfK9HTQwqy8X1eW/1f04e3f46bb9358358ac9173464795d0/image3.png","title":"Get in Touch","height":792,"width":1440,"contentType":"image/png"}}},"creditsCollection":{"items":[]},"marketingTeamCredit":true,"researchAreasCollection":{"items":[{"sys":{"id":"4FB3QwRsQs0089j1GVeAlN","publishedVersion":2},"label":"Healthy ecosystems"},{"sys":{"id":"1RaQkDbau5IwLYnGdtHghv","publishedVersion":2},"label":"Aotearoa provenance"},{"sys":{"id":"5sWYX9LhGO1dm3DyEkYu65","publishedVersion":2},"label":"Conservation and ecology"}]},"̽����ѡCollection":{"items":[]}}}},"pageContext":{"id":"6FqZ4GekiKM2AkBrOtBcZk","preview":false,"language":"en-nz","intl":{"language":"en-nz","languages":["en-nz"],"messages":{"usefulLinksHeading":"Useful Links","footerNewsletterSubscribeHeading":"Subscribe to our newsletter","footerNewsletterSubscribeSuccess":"Thanks for subscribing!","formValidation.unexpectedError":"An unexpected error has occurred. 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