10 FEBRUARY 2018 BOOST FOR MAORI FOOD High-Value Nutrition National Science Challenge has partnered with Nuku ki te Puku - a cluster of Māori-owned food and beverage businesses - in a $1m project to prototype how Māori businesses and some of the country’s top researchers can share science and cultural expertise to collaborate on the development of new food for exported health products. Challenge director Joanne Todd says the partnership has mutual benefit, with the Nuku ki te Puku business cluster building experience in translating research into high-value food products for commercialisation. “For Challenge-funded researchers, it is an opportunity to gain insight into mātauranga, the Māori worldview, and learn from Māori businesses who already have a presence in the key markets the Challenge is focusing on,” she says. The project is led by Dr Meika Foster, a member of the High-Value Nutrition Science leadership team, who says the project is a key action arising from the Challenge’s Vision Mātauranga strategy. “This pilot will integrate science, education and commercialisation, emphasise Māori values, and facilitate collaboration between Māori-owned food and beverage businesses and a cross-disciplinary science team supported by international collaborators.” The prototype food will be a new plant-based product that meets nutrient regulations within New Zealand and China for carbohydrate and lower glycaemic index snack foods. COLLABORATION
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