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Percy Tipene (Ngati Hine) is the chairman and a founding member of Te Waka Kai Ora. He is a board member of Organic Aotearoa New Zealand (OANZ), Maori organic advisor to key agriculture ministry and government agencies, as well as an active member of several NGO’s and hapu/iwi groups. Percy has been the catalyst for exceptional growth of organics in Te Tai Tokerau and in the development of Maori organics nationally and is considered by many as a tohunga in “Te reo me ona Tikanga”.