March 2021 Pānui
Welcome to our March Pānui.
Nga mihi nui.
2021 has started with as much flexibility required as 2020. It is incredible to see your adaptability and resilience as we attempt to meet the needs of whānau struggling to maintain food security during uncertain times. Kia kaha - we are in this together!
Thank you to all who helped bring joy and food to whānau across Aotearoa for Christmas 2020. The number of people seeking assistance was particularly high in Auckland, and the subsequent February Lockdowns have affirmed many of our whānau are struggling with the basics. MSD Food Secure Communities Team have injected more resources into our space over the last couple of weeks to help with supply, and the New Zealand Food Network have been incredible moving kai, masks and sanitiser. Kore Haiakai has updated the COVID guidelines for Community Food organisations. As we learnt in 2020 pacing ourselves and attending to wellbeing is a priority to the uncertainty we live in.
In the midst of this, Kore Hiakai continue to be committed to our two-pronged approach of championing those in the community food space while engaging in the slow deep work of structural systems change. We do all of this by being in relationships with a wide cross section of people and organisations committed to a Food Secure Aotearoa.
Some of the Focus of our mahi in 2021 will be:
Deepening relationships in Ao Māori
Deepening relationships across Community Food Organisations
(Kore Hiakai Find a Community Food Organisation Map)Championing community food stories
Developing a Food Parcel measure, including nutritional frame (due for release soon)
Offering our Mana to Mana Practice model (due for release this month)
Offering Community of Practice Webinars with MSD for Community Food Distributors (beginning in April)
Working with others to develop a system for measuring for Food Security in Aotearoa
Working with food funders to help us transition ‘beyond food parcels’
Advocacy workaround drivers of food-related poverty including housing, cost of living & adequate income
Participating in the leader of the National Food Strategy development by Aotearoa Circle.
Kaimahi: The Staff Team
As the 2021 year begins we’d like to introduce our Kaimahi:
Pou Ārahi -Tric Malcom
Pou Māori - Wayne Paaka
Kaituitui Kōrero - Tammie Stroman
Kairangahau – Barbara Annesley
Updated COVID-19 Resources
We give thanks and acknowledge the many ongoing adaptations community food organisations and Champions make as COVID-19 level alerts continue to fluctuate. Kore Hiakai have COVID-19 support resources available for your use accessible through our website:
https://www.zerohunger.org.nz/covid19-resources
We encourage you to also access Ministry of Social Development updates:
https://www.msd.govt.nz/about-msd-and-our-work/newsroom/2020/covid-19/index.html
Be kind.
Mana to Mana Practice Resource
Kore Hiakai are excited to announce our 'Mana to Mana' Practice for Community Food Distribution resource will be available soon! Mana to Mana practice invites us to walk with people, recognising our own mana and the mana of everyone we encounter. Watch our web space...
Contact
If any of our mahi connects with you, your rōhē or your organisation we’d love to hear from you. If you’ve got a good story to share or there is any support you need please also get in touch. tammie.korehiakai@nzccss.org.nz (Kaituitui Kōrero - Weaver of Stories)
Webinar
Save the date - Tuesday 13 April, from 1-2pm. Kore Hiakai and MSD will be hosting a Webinar, 'Food Security in the Community'. This is an opportunity to interact with a panel discussing: What is food insecurity, food security and food sovereignty; and what does that look like in our communities?
Thank you for all that you do. Together we make a difference.
Noho ora mai,
Kore Hiakai Zero Hunger Collective
Pou Ārahi
korehiakai@nzccss.org.nz
027 462 4377
Pou Māori
wayne.korehiakai@nzccss.org.nz
M. 022 492 9667
Kaituitui Kōrero
tammie.korehiakai@nzccss.org.nz
027 276 3605