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Māori traditions maintain that taewa were cultivated well before Europeans first visited New Zealand. [1] [2] Despite this, James Cook is presumed by academic scholars to have introduced potatoes to New Zealand in his first voyage (1769), as is Marion de Fresne. [4] More South American varieties came with sealers and whalers in the early 19th ...
Potatoes were introduced in New Zealand in 1769 [12] and they became a key staple with better food-value for weight than kūmara (sweet-potato), and easier cultivation and storage. Unlike the kūmara with their associated ritual requirements, potatoes were tillable by slaves and women and this freed up men to go to war.
The Māori carried these traditions to Aotearoa (New Zealand), making puddings of grated kūmara (called roroi) or mashed kiekie flower bracts in large wooden bowls. [7] When European settlers arrived they brought with them new foods and iron cooking pots. Pigs and potatoes from Europe were rapidly adopted by Māori, who produced large ...
Common foods cooked in a hāngī are meats such as lamb, pork, chicken and seafood (kaimoana), and vegetables such as potato, kūmara (sweet potato), yams (oca), pumpkin, squash, taro and cabbage. [4] [5] [6] A hāngī pit is dug to a depth of between 50–100 cm (20–40 in), sufficient to hold the rocks and two stacked baskets of food.
A Buyer's Guide to New Zealand Olive Oil. New Holland Publishers. ISBN 9781869661076. Tabron, Judith (2005). Soul: Recipes from Judith Tabron and Friends at Soul Bar and Bistro. Random House New Zealand. ISBN 9781869417543. Veart, David (2008). First, Catch Your Weka: the Story of New Zealand Cooking. Auckland University Press. ISBN 9781869404109.
The Tamil Bell is part of a bronze bell inscribed with Tamil script, acquired in approximately 1836 by missionary William Colenso.It was reportedly being used as a pot to boil potatoes by Māori women near Whangārei in the Northland Region of New Zealand.
Taputini, a pre-European cultivar of sweet potato (kūmara) from New Zealand. Sweet potato cultivation in Polynesia as a crop began around 1000 AD in central Polynesia. The plant became a common food across the region, especially in Hawaii, Easter Island and New Zealand, where it became a staple food. By the 17th century in central Polynesia ...
The name is the subject of a 1960 song by the New Zealand balladeer Peter Cape. [11] It appears in the 1976 (re-released in 1979) single "The Lone Ranger" by British band Quantum Jump , which featured in the title sequence of the second series of The Kenny Everett Video Show .