Kua whakarewahia e Poihākena te kaupapa whakatenatena mō te hangarua para kai mā ngā wharekai

I whakatinanahia e Poihākena tētahi kaupapa whakatenatena hangarua para kai hou mō ngā wharekai, ngā whare kawhe, me ngā toa tunu kai i te 15 o Hānuere, 2026, ko te whāinga kia whakapiki ake i te reiti hurihanga para kai o te tāone mai i te 35% ki te 50% i te tau 2030. Ko te kaupapa nei, e arahina ana e te Kaunihera o te Tāone o Poihākena, e whakawhiwhi ana i ngā pakihi e hangarua tonu ana i ngā para kai mā te whakaiti i ngā utu kohi para me te whakanui i te iwi whānui.
I raro i te kaupapa, me rēhita ngā wharekai whai wāhi ki ngā hoa hangarua kua whakaaetia, me whakamahi i ngā ipu motuhake mō ngā para kai (haunga te takai), me tuku pūrongo hangarua ia marama. Ka whakarōpūtia ngā pakihi i runga i te pūnaha taumata-toru: Koura, Hiriwa, me te Parahi. Ka whiwhi ngā pakihi kua whakarōpūtia ki te koura (e hangarua ana neke atu i te 80% o ā rātou para kai) i te hekenga 30% mō ngā pire kohi para; ka whiwhi te hiriwa (60% - 80%) i te hekenga 20%; ā, ka whiwhi te parahi (40% - 60%) i te hekenga 10%. Hei tāpiri, kei te whakaatuhia ngā kaiwhiwhi koura me te hiriwa i te pukapuka ipurangi "Sustainable Eats" a te kaunihera, e akiaki ana i te haere mai o ngā kiritaki.​
Kua pai te urupare a ngā pakihi ā-rohe. I kī a Mia Carter, te rangatira o tētahi wharekai i waenganui o te tāone, "I mua, e 15kg te para kai e makahia ana e mātou i ia wiki. Ināianei ka hangarua e mātou te 12kg o aua para, ka whiwhi i te hiriwa, ā, ka penapenahia e mātou te $80 i runga i tā mātou pire ia marama. Hei tāpiri, ka whakahuatia e ngā kaihoko te pukapuka kōrero ina toro atu rātou." Heoi, i kī ētahi wharekai nui ake he arai ki te whakarite. "He uaua te penapena i ngā ipu motuhake i roto i tā mātou kīhini iti, engari kei te whakarite anō mātou kia eke ki te koura," te kī a James Wong, he kaiwhakahaere wharekai i Surry Hills.​
Hei tautoko i te whai wāhi atu, ka tukuna e te kaunihera he tuku para kore utu, he whakangungu ipurangi, me ngā kōrerorero i te papaanga. I roto i ngā marama tuatahi e toru, neke atu i te 400 ngā wharekai i uru atu ki te kaupapa, ā, i tahuri atu i te 120 tana para kai mai i ngā whenua ururua ia marama.
I kī a Lisa Reynolds, te Kaiwhakahaere Whakahaere Para o Poihākena, "He pai ake te mahi a ngā whakatenatena i ngā whiu mō ngā huringa roa. Ka āwhina tēnei kaupapa i ngā pakihi ki te penapena moni me te tiaki i te taiao." Kei te whakamahere te kaunihera ki te whakawhānui i te kaupapa ki ngā kura me ngā hōhipera i te tau 2027, me te whāinga kia 1,000 ngā kaiuru i mua i te mutunga o te tau.​