Values
Manaakitanga
To care for each other, to be respectful, and an act of reciprocity of natural resources to be shared with others
Kaitiakitanga
Provision of active utilization, preservation, conservation, maintenance, and management of the environs (including flora, fauna, aquatic and marine)
Matauranga Maori
Acceptance and acknowledgement of Maori epistemologies within the construction of key concepts and projects
Kotahitanga
Unity of purpose and collective agreement for achievement of outcomes and goal
Rangatiratanga
The chiefly right to determine use and management of the natural environment
Mauri
The principle life force of our environs is protected including their tapu and wairua
Arohatia
Duty of care and responsibility to this Kaupapa, each other, and Iwi