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While it’s not a new project, the team at Kai Ika Project Wellington are seeing a huge increase in demand from when they started 12 months ago. Volunteer Chris Jupp reflects back on when he started with the company: “Our first drop we picked up two small poly bins [about 36 kgs]. “We brought itContinue reading “Tackling cost of living issues, one fish carcass at a time”

A project to feed those in need with leftover fish is hoping to raise $18,700 to get a new van and make sure more kaimoana does not go to waste. Every week, Chris Jupp from Kai Ika picks up fish heads and frames from two fish distributors in Wellington in his own station wagon. HeContinue reading “Kai Ika Wellington hopes to raise $18k for new van”

The Kai Ika Project is proud to announce Hope Worldwide-Pakistan has joined the directory of kaimoana recipients. Every Wednesday between 12pm-2pm kaimoana will be available from the Hope Worldwide distribution facility in West Auckland. About Hope Worldwide-PakistanHOPE is a faith-based Humanitarian Organization for Poverty Eradication, Incorporated under Charitable Trust Act 1957 and a Registered CharityContinue reading “Kai Ika Expands their Distribution Channels”

So you’ve caught your fish, only want the fillets and don’t want the smelly fish heads and remains stinking out your rubbish bin when you get home? Welcome to the Kai Ika Project…..

Viv sat down for a kōrero with Dallas Abel, the Project Coordinator for the Kai Ika project, to talk about their kaupapa and role in moving towards a sustainable future. When you see fish in the supermarket it may seem perfectly normal to look down and just see fillets. Looking down at these two littleContinue reading “WWPD? What would Papatūānuku do?”

Aquademia: The Seafood and Sustainability Podcast In previous episodes, we’ve discussed various uses of discarded fish parts, from grinding into fish meal to utilizing it as fertilizer, but sometimes there’s a simpler solution: eat it! There’s a lot of food in those fish heads and frames, and some populations consider the heads a delicacy. TheContinue reading “Conservation Through Utilization with Dallas Abel of the Kai Ika Project”

Abstract: This paper develops a diverse economies account offish ‘waste’ that revalues it as ‘surplus’. We examine ‘Kai Ika’, a community marine conservation experiment in Tamaki Makaurau (Auckland), Aotearoa New Zealand. Kai Ika rescues fish heads, frames and offal that were previously ‘going to waste’ and redistributesthem tofish eaters who would otherwise struggle to accessContinue reading “Diverse values of surplus for a community economy of fish(eries)”

For the people of the Pacific, seafood has always been a major part of our diets and seas are ingrained in our psyche.—-It’s why Kai Ika’s motto is He Kai te Rongoa he Rongoa te kai, ‘Food is medicine and medicine is food’, in part of their effort to try to re-educate people to re-examineContinue reading “ALL IS FISH that comes to the NET – ISLAND Magazine”

A fish filleting container created by Royal Wolf for a local Auckland marae is now the centre of a research and development project producing organic fertiliser made from fish gills and offal. Located at Papatūānuku Kōkiri Marae in Mangere, the modified 20-foot container is used by The Kai Ika Project which provide tasty fish headsContinue reading “Royal Wolf: COMMUNITY CONTAINER HUB BREAKS FERTILE GROUND”

“We want to encourage the use of the whole fish. We hope to empower home chefs to prepare less familiar secondary cuts and demonstrate a variety of recipes to cater for a range of skill levels.”