Kia ora and welcome to Te Waka Kai Ora (TWKO) - the national Maori Organics Authority of Aotearoa (New Zealand).    Here you can find information about our latest community projects, environmental projects and organic initiatives.  We aim to help provide our members with pathways to promote the production, processing and labelling of pure, safe and healthy organic products. 

Te Waka Kai Ora is an organisation committed to environmental and cultural sustainability.  We recognise the unique qualities of our native foods and medicines that come from our rich indigenous flora and fauna.  These taonga or treasures are an integral part of our traditions and as kaitiaki (guardians) our vision is to ensure that their mauri (essence) and integrity is maintained for future generations.  That is why we have developed our own nationally recognised organic certification standards and labelling system - © Hua Maori.