Waikōkopu Grove & Orchard partnering with He Rourou Whai Painga

Nāu te Rourou, nāku te rourou, ka ora ai te iwi “It’s just what we do,” says Huhana Smith of Waikōkopu Grove, “We have our basket, you have your basket. Let’s pull it together and make things better.” Huhana Smith and her partner Richard Anderson Waikōkopu Grove & Orchard have partnered with the He Rourou Whai Painga study and share the olive oil from their grove in Horowhenua with our study participants. He Rourou Whai Painga is an ambitious study, funded by High-Value Nutrition Ko Ngā Kai Whai Painga National Science Challenge. It brings together cutting-edge New Zealand science and the Food and Beverage industry to improve the health of our communities. Waikōkopu Grove is one of more than 30 New Zealand food and beverages producers who have partnered with the study – this their story.

Find out more about the study: www.highvaluenutrition.co.nz/the-science/he-rourou-whai-painga/

All photos were taken by High-Value Nutrition Ko Ngā Kai Whai Painga