When Karis Vesey ran the first Kaimoana Queens workshop in 2022 for a group of 16 women, teaching them to fish, gather and dive for their own seafood, most participants were her friends or family.
Since then, it’s taken off faster than she ever imagined, with 74 women at the last event in the Hokianga and tickets selling out in just nine minutes.
It’s proved so popular, wāhine all around New Zealand are asking for workshops in their
