Welcome to Earth Fellows 2025–2026
Fellowship Overview & Onboarding Information
Tēnā koe e hoa,
We are honoured to invite you into the Earth Fellows 2025–2026 cohort — a circle of kaitiaki, makers, growers, builders, healers, and storytellers committed to regenerating our relationship with Earth, each other, and future generations.
This Fellowship is an invitation to deepen your practice, nourish your own well-being, and contribute to a shared learning ecosystem rooted at Mangaroa Farms and beyond.
Our Focus
The 2025–2026 cohort focuses on:
🌱 Regenerative Land Care
🥕 Regenerative Food Systems
🏡 Regenerative Housing and Building
We aim to weave together a powerful, diverse group of Fellows whose work embodies care for Papatūānuku, intergenerational responsibility, and grounded experimentation in system change.
About Earth Fellows
Earth Fellows is a year-long Fellowship programme designed to:
Celebrate and support experienced regenerative practitioners
Nourish individual restoration and wholeness
Connect cross-disciplinary wisdom across land, food, and housing
Activate offerings that ripple into communities, whenua, and future culture
GATHERING THE LEADERS
A Fellowship Rooted in Relationship
Earth Fellows is not a programme to be completed — it’s a lineage to be joined.
Guided by the values of kaitiakitanga, manaakitanga, whanaungatanga, and ako, the Fellowship honours both individual restoration and collective action.
What the Fellowship Includes
$10,000 Fellowship Award
Provided as a grant to support your time, restoration, or project development.
One Rejuvenation Retreat (solo or shared)
At Mangaroa Farms, including optional wellness add-ons. Dates are flexible and scheduled in alignment with your needs.Relational Gatherings
Invitations to join opening and closing hui with other Fellows to share stories and cross-pollination.A Community Offering
You will be invited to share something back — a talk, workshop, performance, article, installation, or contribution of your own design.
Your Commitment
Fill out the Onboarding Form form (link here) to confirm your place
Join a 3 day welcome hui in December 2025
Complete your retreat by October 2026
Join a 3 day closing hui in November 2026
Offer a contribution to the whenua of Mangaroa, the Earth Fellows community, or the wider public
Engage with the process in a spirit of curiosity, reciprocity, and relational care
Our Ethos
This Fellowship is guided by the values of:
Kaitiakitanga – guardianship of Earth and future generations
Whanaungatanga – deep relationship and interdependence
Manaakitanga – hospitality, generosity, and care
Ako – reciprocal learning and humility
We trust the wisdom you already carry. This Fellowship is not a course, but a relational container to restore, amplify, and align.
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Onboarding Form
The form invites a deeper reflection on your practice, current rhythms, and what support or offerings feel right for this season in your life. It helps us tailor the experience to you and to the cohort as a whole.
Please fill out the form before August 18th 2025
Questions?
You’re always welcome to reach out.
Contact Zeb Horrell
zeb@mangaroa.org
With warmth and deep respect,
The Earth Fellows Hosting Team
Nau mai, haere mai — the future is growing.