Learn how to grow, gather and process kai for the benefit of you and your whānau's health. Integrating both traditional and today's knowledge, the Certificate in Mahinga Kai will teach you all about healthy, wholesome and low-cost food that you can grow. Take your newfound knowledge into a great job as well as home to your whānau.
Anyone interested in growing and gathering kai, in a te ao Māori context. It's for people who wish to provide healthy, wholesome and low cost food for themselves and whānau. As well as those looking for a career in this space.
Food cultivation
Food gathering and harvesting
Food preparation and storage
Growing and harvesting across all four seasons
Learn how to integrate traditional and contemporary knowledge and techniques when working with food.
First-and-foremost, this course gives you so much knowledge to take home to your whānau. Mahinga Kai tauira often choose to progress further to work with food in a range of different ways.
This course is has an open-entry and everyone is encouraged to apply
40 weeks full-time, starting in February 2024.
There is a cost however we can help you find funding (in most cases) so it is free
A mix of practical experience through face-to-face classroom learning, wananga and field trips. Learning takes place daily, 9am-2:30pm
This programme is currently in revision to align with the New Zealand Certificate Mahinga Kai (Level 3), an NZQA qualification
Kōkiri — 51 Macandrew Road, South Dunedin
