Story: Farmer and grower organisations

Māori potatoes

Māori potatoes

Tāhuri Whenua (National Māori Vegetable Growers Collective) represents the Māori horticultural sector. It organises research, education and product development. One of its projects has been to eliminate viruses affecting cultivars of taewa (Māori potatoes).

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Willie Smith and Steven Kelly, 'Farmer and grower organisations - Māori farmers', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/18680/maori-potatoes (accessed 16 April 2024)

Story by Willie Smith and Steven Kelly, published 24 Nov 2008, reviewed & revised 30 Nov 2023