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Story: Māori feasts and ceremonial eating – hākari

19th-century hākari

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  • Waihou, 1829

  • Bay of Islands, 1831

  • Ohaeawai, 1831

  • Waimate, 1836

  • Matamata, 1837

  • Remuera, 1844

  • Auckland, 1844

  • Waikanae, 1846

  • Matamata, 1846

  • Bay of Islands, 1849

  • Waitara, 1878

  • Ngapuhi district, 1900s

This interactive, based on work by anthropologist Raymond Firth, records the details of large hākari (feasts) in the 19th century.

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Basil Keane, Māori feasts and ceremonial eating – hākari – 19th-century hākari, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/interactive/40554/19th-century-hakari (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Basil Keane, published 5 February 2013.