ABSTRACT. The revitalisation of Indigenous knowledges is vital to the emancipation of Indigenous peoples worldwide, as well as an increasingly essential component of environmental sustainability. The re-establishment of traditional communal gardening practices and their associated rituals is part of such revitalisation efforts in Aotearoa|New Zealand. We document recent efforts to re-establish the knowledge and practice of communal gardens and the related ritual of māra tautāne in an Indigenous Māori community – Te Māhurehure – in the Rūātoki Valley, Bay of Plenty, Aotearoa|New Zealand. We discuss that, beyond food provision, such revitalisation has a concentric influence of revitalising a range of other Indigenous knowledges for this community.

Keywords: Indigenous knowledges; communal gardening; māra kai; māra tautāne; Ngai Tūhoe; Rūātoki; Te Māhurehure; land confiscation; cultural revival

How to cite: Tassell-Matamua, N., Boasa-Dean, T., and McEntee, M. (2023). Indigenous Knowledge Revitalisation: Indigenous Māori Gardening and its Wider Implications for the People of Tūhoe. Knowledge Cultures, 11(1), 98–114. https://doi.org/10.22381/kc11120236

Received 1 December 2022 • Received in revised form 1 February 2023
Accepted 24 February 2023 • Available online 1 April 2023