Author(s): Rob McGowan | Pa Ropata

NZ Maori

These guiding principles represent a different set of priorities to how the world operates today. The number one priority is not profit, but caring for the whenua. That’s the only way to ensure long term sustainability. 

These principles are checkpoints to help us ensure that the way we live does in fact contribute to the wellness of Papatuanuku and all the living beings that are her children, rather than making things worse. 

Most of all Tiwaiwaka is a message of HOPE.