Jessica Hutchings

Dr Jessica Hutchings (Ngai Tahu, Ngati Huirapa, Gujarati) is a senior kaupapa Maori research leader, author, activist and Hua Parakore grower who lives on a small whanau farm in Kaitoke, north of Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington. She is the founding trustee of Papawhakaritorito Charitable Trust, which works to uplift Indigenous food sovereignty through decolonising research, education and practice, and holds a PhD in environmental studies. She has worked for the past three decades in the Maori...See more

Dr Jessica Hutchings (Ngai Tahu, Ngati Huirapa, Gujarati) is a senior kaupapa Maori research leader, author, activist and Hua Parakore grower who lives on a small whanau farm in Kaitoke, north of Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington. She is the founding trustee of Papawhakaritorito Charitable Trust, which works to uplift Indigenous food sovereignty through decolonising research, education and practice, and holds a PhD in environmental studies. She has worked for the past three decades in the Maori research sector, leading and supporting kaupapa Maori research to deliver transformation across diverse Maori communities. She is recognised internationally as a leader in Indigenous food sovereignty and food systems. She is the author of Te Mahi Mara Hua Parakore: A Maori food sovereignty handbook (Te Takupu, 2016) and (with Jenny Lee-Morgan) Decolonisation in Aotearoa: Education, research and practice (NZCER Press, 2016) - both winners of the Korero Pono, Nga Kupu Ora Aotearoa Book Awards. She has also co-edited (with Jo Smith) Te Mahi Oneone Hua Parakore: A Maori soil sovereignty and wellbeing handbook (Freerange Press, 2020) and (with Jo Smith and Fiona Cram) Kainga Tahi, Kainga Rua: Maori housing realities and aspirations (Bridget Williams Books, 2022). See less