Kaumātua Manga Tau of Ngāi Tawake, a subtribe of Ngāpuhi based near Kaikohe, retains traditional knowledge of cooking and preserving the kiore, or Polynesian rat. In this 1992 video he shows Brad Haami (Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Kahungunu, Tūwharetoa, Ngāi Tahu) how the cooked kiore meat is preserved in fat.
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