Welcome Matiti — the first-ever Māori organic wine in Aotearoa to be Hua Parakore verified (and it’s made from Grava)
Something truly special has just been released into the world — Matiti Wine.
Matiti Wine has been created by The Matiti Collective — a group of wāhine Māori organic winemakers, Jannine Rickards and Richelle Tiney, hua parakore verified growers and kaupapa Māori storytellers, Jessica Hutchings, Mariana Te Rangi and Jo Smith and a tea and beverage expert, Timmy Smith.
The Matiti Collective is dedicated to establishing and supporting kaupapa Māori pathways for wine and beverage production. Matiti takes its name from the seven phases of summer when the art of wine making occurs.
This first-ever Māori wine to be Hua Parakore verified is the Huntress Pétillant Naturel Riesling 2024. The grapes are sourced from the whenua of Ngāti Kahungunu me Rangitane from the biogro certified vineyard of Grava.
This project is a pure celebration of collaboration, whenua and whakapapa. To see our fruit woven into a wine that holds such depth of meaning is an honour and we couldn’t be more delighted to support the journey.
You can learn more and find the wine at Huntress.
We encourage you to share in this milestone and raise a glass to the wāhine behind it.
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About Hua Parakore
Hua Parakore is a kaupapa Māori system for Kai Atua - Pure Foods. It can also be activated by Māori for Māori as a food sovereignty and food security system. It supports local māra kai initiatives and agriculture and horticulture that is free from all pesticides, synthetic fertilisers and GMO. It is the world’s first Indigenous verification system for Kai Atua.
There are Hua Parakore verified producers both on farms, marae and with Māori food outlets across Aotearoa. Hua Parakore is also available to other Indigenous producers around the world and as such there are Indigenous producers that are Hua Parakore verified such as MA’O Farms in Hawaii.
[source: tewakakaiora.co.nz and huntress.co.nz]
Listen to Dr Jess Hutchings > interviewed by Dale Husband for Waatea News