Contact Us
Wakatu Incorporation Phone: +64 546 8648
www.wakatu.org
Toni Grant
Email toni@wakatu.org
Joe Scragg
Email joe@wakatu.org
The Horoirangi Centre for Seafood and Aquaculture Innovation (“Horoirangi”) is the brain child of Wakatu Incorporation, a collectively owned Maori whanau business based in Nelson at the top of the South Island. Wakatu is a brand that stands for integrity and has a business model that promotes cultural and environmental sustainability through commerce.
The Vision
Horoirangi will fundamentally reshape New Zealand’s seafood and aquaculture industry by providing a world class facility where research and development providers, the seafood industry and commercial enterprises can work collaboratively.
Horoirangi will be a place that fosters innovation, where new products and species will be trialled and new processes and systems developed to drive industry growth.
The Plan
Enabling Infrastructure Development:
The immediate focus is to establish key enabling infrastructure assets being a 120 ha commercial aquaculture zone and a research and development and education campus.
Commercial Activities:
Development work has been undertaken on various land based algae, shellfish and fin fish species which would require an initial 14ha of the commercial land to develop full scale production.
We will attract local and international investment partners, providing the opportunity to participate at ground level.