Ngā Kōrero Rangatira 2025

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E ngā poutiaki ngahere o te motu, ngā mema o Ngā Pou a Tāne tēnā rā tātau. To managers of forest lands across the Māori nation, members of Ngā Pou a Tāne, greetings.

Our invitation to you:

Naumai, haere mai!

This year’s event takes place on the 20th & 21st Nov 2025:

SOLD OUT

You are invited to Ngā Kōrero Rangatira 2025, the bi-annual Māori Forestry Summit which is being held in Rotorua - hosted by the Waiariki Branch of Ngā Pou a Tāne in association with @JDubb. We look forward to having you with us.

Naumai, haere mai!

This year’s event takes place on the 20th & 21st Nov 2025:

Full Summit Programme

Tickets are $100 and include activity, kōrero and an awards dinner.

  • Plus-One tickets for the awards dinner are also available.

  • Add a 9-Hole friendly Game of Golf and branded merchandise at time of registration.

  • The summit will include updates and announcements to progress He Rautaki Ngahere Māori 2040 the national Māori forestry strategy (below) including five new pathways for Māori forestry.
Print version of He Rautaki Ngahere Māori 2040

National Māori forestry summit, May 2023.

Ngā Kōrero 2025 Webinar Series

1-hour Zoom sessions that will be held every Wednesday evening from 7-8pm for four weeks. The weekly sessions start on 22nd October and end on 12th Nov 2025. Each week we’ve invited different panellists to direct their expertise towards the opportunities and needs of our landowners. If you’re a landowner, trustee, director, land manager, forester - or if you’re aspiring - this series of Māori forestry hot topics is for you. 

The series will also help you to quickly familiarise with the direction and progress of He Rautaki Ngahere Māori 2040 (the national Māori forestry strategy) ensuring you’re informed when you attend the bi-annual Māori forestry summit Ngā Kōrero Rangatira mō Ngā Hua Ngahere 2025 - should you choose to register for that event. That summit will be held in Rotorua on the 20th & 21st Nov 2025. Cost for full attendance is $200. The summit includes strategy progress reports, special announcements including a communications hub and new partnerships, launch of a young Indigenous foresters’ forum, dinner event and Māori Forestry Awards (at Te Puia, Rotorua) with cash awards sponsored by some generous donors, a Māori Forest research symposium, and a friendly golf game. We also have fresh merchandise. In the coming week, we will send a separate email with an invitation to attend the summit.

Cost to register to attend the web series is $20 per session (a koha to our panel).

Every Wed evening (7-8pm) in the lead up to Ngā Kōrero 2025

  • 22nd Oct - Optimising the value of whenua Māori with silvi-pastoral ETS planting plan

  • 29th Oct - Turning the dial on Māori forestry leadership as we transition to 2043.

  • 5th Nov - Partnering internationally to certify Indigenous practice forest.

  • 12th Nov - Shaping vertical integration and our forestry value chains with tikanga Māori.

Image Gallery - Ngā Kōrero 2023