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Kōrero: Society

Te hura i te hāngī

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Uncovering a hāngī

Ko te hāngī te momo tunu kai nui ki te Māori. Ka taea te rahi o te kai te tunu ki roto hāngī, arā, te uta kai ki runga kōhatu wera kua putua ki te wai; puta ana te koromāhu, ka taupokina te kai ki te oneone tunu ai. Kei te kaha tonu te Māori ki tēnei tikanga whakataka kai. Titiro ki te whakaahua; kua huakina te hāngī, kua pai hei tango. Nō te tau 1974 tēnei whakaahua, he wāhanga o tētahi kaupapa whakawhanaunga i waenganui i ētahi tauira, kia mōhio ai rātou ki ngā rerekētanga o ngā tikanga o tēnā me tēnā iwi.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1974/3105/10

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

John Wilson, Society – Food, drink and dress, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/2543/te-hura-i-te-hangi (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā John Wilson, i tāngia i te 3 March 2009.