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Story: Māori feasts and ceremonial eating – hākari

Hākari at a tangi

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Hākari at a tangi

This hākari (feast) was at a tangihanga (funeral) at Pārengarenga in the far north in 1908. Hākari are an important part of tangihanga. On the left food is being hung to dry. On the right children sit and eat outside.

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Auckland Council Libraries − Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero o Tāmaki Makaurau, Sir George Grey Special Collections

Reference: AWNS-19081105-11-2; AWNS-19081105-10-5

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Basil Keane, Māori feasts and ceremonial eating – hākari – Traditional feasts, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/40549/hakari-at-a-tangi (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Basil Keane, published 5 February 2013.