Working
with
Nature.
At ReKete we partner with nature. By leveraging the power of plants and microbiology, we help you tap into the most powerful creative force on Earth and completely transform your landscape.
$100 USD
FLAT FEE · COVERS UP TO 5,000 ha
MEMBERS
Up to 50% off for ReKete members.
Invest in your
living assets.
Don't just protect your land—invest in it. Your wetlands, waterways, forests, and soils are critical infrastructure, not just environmental add-ons. The 1+1=3 strategy addresses today's challenges and builds value for the future. You get "3 bangs" for the original investment through compounding outcomes.
01 ─ TODAYS CHALLENGES
1. Reduce
Your Risk
Use natural infrastructure to buffer your farm against shifting regulations and markets, floods and drought. Backing nature over hard engineering reduces your risks before they start to protect your farm's insurability.
02 ─ CAPACITY FOR TOMORROW
+1. Restore
Living Systems
Invest in the health of your unique place. By investing in nature you create a living asset that grows in value over time — reversing degradation, building fertility, creating vitality and viability for future generations.
03 ─ COMPOUNDING VALUE
=3. Create
New Value
Diversify your land use and add productive systems to boost yields, reduce inputs and maintenance costs. Meet national and global environmental social and cultural standards to secure price premiums for long-term returns.
From Fire to Fungi.
Shifting from "fire to fungi" moves the focus to farming with living biology. This kickstarts soil creation to rebuild the living carbon sponge, naturally buffering pastures, orchards and gardens against weather extremes and securing profitability.
01 ─ CATCH & STORE
Maximise Solar Catch & Store
Boost carbon capture by keeping your soil covered in green 100% of the time. We design diverse plant systems that maximise year-round photosynthesis to pump liquid carbon into the earth.
02 ─ RENEWABLES
Protect the Living Soil Sponge
Utilise plants and soil microibiology to convert organic matter into stable humus. We help you engineer a living carbon sponge that stores water and builds permanent value for your land.
03 ─ OBTAIN A YIELD
Build Living Biological Wealth
Transform your farm into a diverse multifunctional landscape mosaic that produces high value nutrient dense food. We help you to create new prodution, add value on farm and get it to markets.
WORK WITH NATURE
Whole System Redesign
Stop managing land in isolated pieces. It’s time to activate the whole system. When a farm struggles, it is usually because we treat symptoms instead of managing the whole picture. Traditional management forces you to look at a farm, a section, a paddock, a pest, or a crop in absolute isolation.
At ReKete, we take a step back and look at the entire web of relationships. Nature doesn't run on separate departments—it runs on seamless connection. We help you redesign your farm so every tree, animal, human, waterway, and soil microbe works together as a system.
The Pillars of
on-farm Resilience.
Resilience rests on our shared responsibility as caretakers of land. We guide our work using two core pillars: Taiao, recognising that a thriving natural world is the backbone of economic prosperity, and Mauri, ensuring every decision restores the vital life force of our air, water, and soil.
What are your living assets?
LIVING SOIL CARBON SPONGE
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Temporarily stores floodwater and reduces flooding.
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Retain water and support drough resistence.
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Filter nutrient and contaminants improving water quality.
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Sequesters and stores carbon.
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Provides habitat and mahinga kai resources.
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BIOLOGICAL CORRIDORS
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Filters sediments, nutrients and some pathogens before entering waterways.
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Shades waterways proving habitat for aquatic life.
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Stabilises banks and reduces erosion.
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Provides habitat corridors for native species including Inanga spawning sites.
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THE FILTERS OF LANDSCAPE
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Temporarily stores floodwater and reduces flooding.
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Retain water and support drough resistence.
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Filter nutrient and contaminants improving water quality.
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Sequesters and stores carbon.
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Provides habitat and mahinga kai resources.
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CONNECTED HABITAT FRAGMENTS
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Stabilise slopes reducing erosion and landslides.
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Slow water runoff, sustains baseflows, improves quality.
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Provide critical habitat for native species, cultural values and recreation.
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Store longterm carbon, cool local and regional climate.
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MICROCLIMATE MOSAICS
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Reduce wind speeds, minimising erosion and moisture loss while reducing stress for livestock.
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Lower lamb and calf mortality rates and improve pasture growth yields in adjacent zones.
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Provide terrestrial ecological highways, supporting beneficial insect populations for natural pest control and intercepting overland nutrient runoff.
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Direct financial value by sequestering carbon for carbon offsets and/or credits.
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FOOD, FUEL, FIBRE, FODDER, PHARMA, FUN
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Rapid carbon capture with high-growth exotic species for trading with carbon credits.
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Slope stabilisation & erosion control.
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Transform low-value farm areas into diversified income stream.
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Regulate local water runoff volumes and protect downstream valley waterways.
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AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS
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Microclimate shade and shelter for stock and crops.
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Nitrogen source for pasture and crops, drought fodder for animals.
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Transform low-value farm areas into diversified income stream.
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Reduce water runoff volumes and protect downstream valley waterways.
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COASTAL COMMUNITIES
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Create shelter for stock and crops in harsh coastal winds.
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Trap and stabilise sand, reducing coastal erosion.
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Buffer storm surge and waves; enable natural shoreline adjustment.
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Provide habitat for coastal species and protect communities and assets inland.
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THE NURSERIES OF THE OCEAN
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Attenuate waves and help stabilise shorelines.
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Filter water, cycle nutrients and improve clarity.
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Store “blue carbon” in sediments and vegetation.
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Provide nursery habitat that supports fisheries and biodiversity
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URBAN TREES & GREENSPACES
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Create spaces and microclimates for urban food production.
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Reduce urban heat and provide shade for people and places.
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Intercept rainfall and reduce stormwater runoff.
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Improve air quality and support urban biodiversity and wellbeing
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Our Four Pou
From Industrial Civilization to Life-sustaining Societies. From our view of the world, Regenerative means better than Organic. It is genuine Good Farming. It is founded on Four Ethical Pou, signposts guiding the way to find the good, the right and the beautiful.
01. EARTH CARE
Healthy
Soils
Prohibits synthetic pesticides, chemical fertilisers and GMO’s. Farms must actively build soil, clean water, restore biodiversity, sequester carbon, mitigate and adapt to climate change.
02. ANIMAL CARE
Healthy Animals
Requires high standards of animal husbandry, including pasture-raising, prohibiting concentrated animal feeding operations, and ensuring animals are treated with respect throughout their lives.
03. PEOPLE CARE
Healthy People
Clean air, water, and clean nutrient dense food, the right of peoples and local communities to define their own agricultural, fishing, and food systems to meet their own fundamental needs.
04. FAIR SHARE
Healthy Communities
Ensures safe, fulfilling working conditions, fair pay, more than living wages, long-term contracts with bonuses, as well as access to land, democratic decisions and transparency.
Start your Redesign today.
Get in touch today and explore how ReKete can work for you and help realise your goals.