Kākāriki joint venture

Pūtaiao Ora – a name gifted to the Kākāriki joint venture

At a Māori class in Taranaki, Brett Rogers, who leads the Kakariki team for Elemental Group, shared with the group the Kaupapa of the Kākāriki joint venture and our vision of bringing low cost renewable energy and storage technology to Aotearoa New Zealand.   Brett received forthright feedback that our name for the JV  - Kākāriki (which is Māori for green) didn’t do justice to our impressive vision and approach.

A Māori language group in Waitara, Taranaki then discussed the Kaupapa and came up with the name Pūtaiao Ora  - which they have gifted to the Kākāriki joint venture.

Pūtaiao is science but can be broken down into the foundation (Pū) of the environment (Taiao). Ora which means wellbeing, is also O te rā meaning from the sun, which is where our renewable energy comes from – whether as sunlight or wind energy.

The Kākāriki joint venture has gratefully accepted this gift and we hope to name all of our projects in Aotearoa as a blend of local Māori names and Pūtaiao Ora, our gift from Waitara.