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Para Kore means Zero Waste
Marae throughout Waikato Maniapoto feed more than 200,000
manuwhiri each year, producing massive amounts of waste. The
majority of this waste ends up in landfills.
In an effort to turn this around and to support recycling on
marae, Xtreme Waste established the Para Kore pilot project in 2009
working with three marae interested in doing things differently.
These marae are Poihakena in Whaingaroa/Raglan, Turangawaewae in
Ngaruawahia and Kirikiriroa in Hamilton.
In 2010 and 2011 we will continue to work with these marae and
other marae interested in learning about Para Kore.
Para Kore is about embracing our tikanga of caring for Ranginui
and Papatūānuku. Para Kore kaupapa believes landfilling or
burning rubbish from our marae is a waste of resources and is
harmful to us all.
Para Kore supports marae using organic waste to regenerate
Papatūānuku by making compost, creating healthy soils and
growing our own kai.
About the Para Kore Team
Ngā Kaimahi o Para Kore
Jacqui
Forbes (Ngā Ruahine)
Jacqui has been working at Xtreme Waste in Whaingaroa / Raglan
for five years and is currently co-manager. A community waste
expert with a background in education, Jacqui is passionate about
zero waste. She is a fluent speaker of te reo Māori and is
excited to be working with marae delivering Para Kore.
Pine Campbell (Ngāti Porou / Ngāti
Kahungunu)
Pine, one of the founders of Xtreme Waste has been involved in
the world of resource recovery for 10 years. He is currently an
Enviroschools facilitator, Te Ataarangi tutor and Para Kore Waste
advisor. He has a research interest in te reo o te taiao and
enjoys sharing his environmental experience and knowledge with
marae.
Carol Henry (Waikato Tainui)
Carol believes that most of our grandparents lived in a zero
waste society where nothing was wasted and everything was valued
and reused. Carol in her role at Environment Waikato has been
a strong and active advocate supporting the Para Kore project and
kaupapa.
Marianna Tyler (Te Ati Haunui a Paparangi /
Tūwharetoa)
Marianna has worked on a variety of environmental and waste
projects as a contractor over the past five years. She has
worked with businesses in the Waikato and Bay of Plenty region to
develop and implement Environmental Management Systems (EMS) and
has been involved in the community waste sector as the Coordinator
for the Community Recycling Network of Aotearoa NZ. She
recently attended the International Waste and Climate Change
Conference and International Waste Pickers Forum in Copenhagen in
December 2009. In her role as Waste Minimisation Facilitator
at Environment Waikato she is excited to be able to support the
Para Kore project and to work with marae in the region.
Richmond Whitiora
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