| 3 “People have been playing football with forestry over the past few years and there are many out there doing forestry in a way that we don’t think is correct. T T to page 4 REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT Tāmata Hauhā T T Kim Newth Tāmata Hauhā founders Lance Iwikau and Blair Jamieson - making a positive differenceon the land. Launched in 2021, Tāmata Hauhā has made a big impact in a short time by showing how carbon forestry and solar farming opportunities can be opened up in positive ways that are good for the land and its people. Their partnership approach gives landowners support to realise their aspirations across the whenua and make best use of that resource. For such a young enterprise, Tāmata Hauhā has notched up some impressive success. In 2023, Tāmata Hauhā won the Supreme Award at Te Manu Atatu Māori Business Awards; the Downs Group New Business Award at the Rangitikei Business Awards; and a Platinum Award (High 5 Expo) at the inaugural High 5 NZ International Health Industry Summit. As well, the company was a finalist in the 2023 Sustainable Business Awards for Climate Action Leader. “It shows that we are doing the right thing,” says Blair Jamieson, CEO and co-founder of Tāmata Hauhā. “People have been playing football with forestry over the past few years and there are many out there doing forestry in a way that we don’t think is correct. “There is this relentless pursuit of pine, when we see an opportunity to diversify our forestry inventory as a country. When you drill down into it, you can actually earn more money from non-pine species under the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) than from pine.” Both Blair and fellow co-founder Lance Iwikau, who is Tāmata Hauhā’s Chief Technical Advisor, previously worked at the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) but saw that they could make a bigger impact by going out on their own to assist Māori landowners needing help with erosion-prone, marginal land. “We realised forestry could be the cashflow for them. We started looking for funding for specific projects that were a bit outside the usual remit of a government agency. That sparked a broader conversation and a decision to try and make an impact at the national scale.” To achieve their vision, Tāmata Hauhā has partnered with investors who fully support their kaupapa. Tāmata Hauhā provides the funding and ongoing management to help landowners get started with carbon forestry, and profits through the ETS are then split 50/50 . Whānau and landowners partnering with Tāmata Hauhā can choose from a wide range of tree species – both exotics and native species - with the emphasis on the right tree for the right location. Accolades for carbon forestry innovator WE GROW TREES. 021 340 300 | henri@awapuni.co.nz | awapuni.co.nz COMMERCIAL WHOLESALE GROWERS OF NATIVES, PINE AND OTHER FORESTRY TREES.
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