Te kai o te ngahere, te aruhe
Say it: HOW-mee-ah TEE-keh-tee-keh · Haumia = ?, tiketike = elevated, lofty.
Haumia is what sustains you when nothing has been planned — resourcefulness, humility, hidden provision.
Ko wai tēnei? — in plain words
Uncultivated food — fernroot, berries, what the land gives without being farmed. He hid in Papatūānuku during the storms, so he is also the Atua of taking shelter.
Whanaungatanga: Son of Ranginui and Papatūānuku; sheltered by his mother, alongside Rongo.
Where you already meet them
Te kōrero — the story
When the storm came, Haumia and Rongo hid within the body of Papatūānuku. Their hair remained visible above the soil, and so the fern root and the wild foods were found — the food of lean seasons.
A common misunderstanding
'Wild' food was not lesser food — it was the safety net that carried whānau through hard seasons, and it deserved the same care.
Ngā uara
Māhaki
Humility keeps you fed.
Whakaaro nui
Notice what is already there.
If you are new to this — start here
Notice one edible or useful plant growing untended near where you live.
I tēnei ao — acknowledging today
He mihi
Haumia-tiketike, tēnā koe, e te kaipupuri o te kai huna.
Haumia-tiketike, I greet you, keeper of hidden sustenance.
Ngā taha o te ora