Kai Sovereignty
What we’ll do
- Protect Māori food systems (including seed sovereignty, rejecting GE foods, and upholding WAI262).
- Establish a Māori Kai Sovereignty Board to oversee kai justice.
- Invest in community food systems (including māra kai and food farms).
- Support rangatahi into food and primary industries.
- Invest in regenerative Māori agriculture.
- Break corporate control by supporting Māori-owned supermarkets and protecting local kai sellers.
- Reduce grocery costs (including removing GST from kai and regulating supermarket price hikes).
- Increase access to land for food production.
Why it matters
Aotearoa produces more than enough kai, but too many whānau go without. Food insecurity is a system failure — kai should be affordable, healthy, and connected to whenua and whakapapa.