Our colleagues, Priscilla Claeys and Jasber Singh, are doing a series on an underexplored aspect of food system transformation: the role of spirituality and religion in social movement struggles for food sovereignty. In order to deepen their inquiry, they are speaking with various food sovereignty activists across the globe. What roles does spirituality play in food sovereignty struggles? To what extent do spirituality and religion support or impede movement building? How do food sovereignty activists navigate their own spiritual and religious lives and place-based practices in the transnational movement? In this article they interviewed Catherine Murupenga-Ikenn, a lifelong activist and a human rights advocate with deep roots in the Māori indigenous movement.