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Story: Māori foods – kai Māori

All images and media

From page 1 - Traditional growing and gathering

Māori vegetable garden, 1700s

Māori vegetable garden, 1700s (1st of 2)

Remains of 15th-century gardens

Remains of 15th-century gardens (2nd of 2)

Crushing fern root, 1842

Crushing fern root, 1842

Eating kiore

Snaring a weka, 1846

Snaring a weka, 1846

From page 2 - Traditional cooking and preserving

Cooking food in hot springs, 1901

Cooking food in hot springs, 1901

Drying eels, 1936

Drying eels, 1936

Preserving muttonbirds

Preserving muttonbirds

Pātaka, 1842

Kūmara storage pits, 1930

Kūmara storage pits, 1930 (1st of 2)

Storage pit designs

Storage pit designs (2nd of 2)

From page 3 - Traditional foods

Fishing for whitebait, 1929

Fishing for whitebait, 1929

Sampling huhu grubs

Sampling huhu grubs

Karaka groves

Karaka groves (1st of 2)

Roasting karaka berries, 1908

Roasting karaka berries, 1908 (2nd of 2)

From page 4 - Foods introduced by Europeans

Preparing pork, 1840s

Preparing pork, 1840s

Boil-up at the marae, 2004

Boil-up at the marae, 2004

Kānga pirau, 2013

Kānga pirau, 2013

Making rewena bread

Making rewena bread (1st of 2)

Fried bread

Fried bread (2nd of 2)

Inside a hāngī

Inside a hāngī

From page 5 - Modern cuisine

Contemporary Māori cuisine

Contemporary Māori cuisine

Horopito oil

Kawakawa tea

Charles Royal

How to cite this page:

Charles Royal and Jenny Kaka-Scott, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/maori-foods-kai-maori/media (accessed 3 December 2023)

Story by Charles Royal and Jenny Kaka-Scott, published 5 Sep 2013