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Food-gathering routines

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Food-gathering routines

In this early 20th-century photograph a group of Māori hunt for pipi and cockles. Depending on the richness of food supplies in their rohe, hapū would travel to get food, fuel and other resources. These journeys were part of daily and seasonal routines.  

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Megan Cook, Rhythms of daily life – Schedules and routines of life, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/40488/food-gathering-routines (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Megan Cook, published 11 December 2012.