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Story: Kūmara

Taputini kūmara

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Taputini kūmara

These kūmara, of the taputini variety, are believed to be one of four remaining pre-European varieties. The others are hutihuti, rekamaroa and houhere.

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Peter Adds, Kūmara – Introducing kūmara to New Zealand, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/17352/taputini-kumara (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Peter Adds, published 1 March 2009.