R.E.K.A. Trust

1. Aims to empower whanau, hapu, iwi and communities by promoting the value of traditional Maori foods while maximising the use of land resources to enable holistic healthy lifestyles. 2. Aims to promote whanau,.hapu and iwi healthy living initiatives that benefit the wider community 3. Aims to develop sustainable enterprises by researching, growing, nurturing and cultivating traditional Maori foods and practises that support this 4. Aims to provide programmes, workshops and wananga to empower local communities to maximise their resources, knowledge and expertise which support a healthy whanau lifestyle . 5 To support the reduction of poverty by providing local communities with tools to develop practical resources to grow healthy food. 6. Aims to collaborate with stakeholder groups of common interest to improve healthy lifestyles of disadvantaged families/whanau