Pātaka Kai w/ Jessica Hutchings: 21st March, 2025

Pātaka Kai: Kai Sovereignty is a collaborative book published by Massey University Press.

Written by ‘Hua Parakore farmers, activists, Indigenous researchers and Indigenous food sovereignty leaders Jessica Hutchings and Jo Smith, Pātaka Kai encourages a return to Indigenous values and practices to achieve kai sovereignty and wellbeing for Mother Earth and her people’.

The book calls attention to the need for Indigenous perspectives and practices that offer pathways to ecological, cultural and socio-economic sustainability in the face of a biodiversity crisis, and teaches of a greater connection to food in our everyday lives.

Beth had a kōrero with Jessica Hutchings about Pātaka Kai: Kai Sovereignty.