When Hapī was founded Gretta asked Te Waka Kai Ora Chairman Percy Tipene (Ngāti Hine), what our key message should be and he replied “He kai he rongoā, he rongā he kai.” Food is medicine. Medicine is food.

Hapi works to uphold Ngā Kaupapa o Hua Parakore, the ancestral values that underpin the creation of pure, uncontaminated food. When we succeed our products become Kai Atua, food that is of the divine, food that is inherently healing. Kai Ora.

Our Maara Kai is participating in the Hua Parakore verification process overseen by National Māori Organic Authority Te Waka Kai Ora and we are currently in the Puawai stage. 

Hapi's commitment to Ngā Kaupapa o Hua Parakore was profiled  by Dr's Jessica Hutchings and Jo Smith in the research project "Storytelling Kaitiakiatanga: A Kaupapa Māori Land and Water Food Story: Hapi Clean Kai Co-op".