The new Te Whenua Hou Community Committee is working hard to create an environment where Ngāi Tahu Farming employees and their families feel more socially connected to each other and to their wider communities. The group, which had its first meeting in March, aims to be the voice of the Te Whenua Hou community, and a number of mothers from the farms have joined forces with other community members to initiate a series of activities and events to grow camaraderie and connections. Staff barbecues have already been held and according to Rā Dallas, the whānau community champion for Te Whenua Hou, those have been a great success. “In addition to demonstrating manaakitanga and whanaungatanga, social events like that also encourage rangatiratanga and oranga – key Ngāi Tahu values that we want to encourage every farmer to be a part of,” he says. A community of close to 150 people is … Continue reading Building community