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Kōrero: Māori–Pākehā relations

Urban hāngī

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Urban hāngī

As Māori moved from rural to urban centres after the Second World War, they were forced to abandon or alter many traditional customs. Māori continued to cook food for hui in hāngī (earth ovens), but often in very different surroundings. This photo shows a group of building workers laying down a hāngī in a metal skip filled with earth.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

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

Reference: EP/1974/7746/8

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.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Mark Derby, Māori–Pākehā relations – Māori urban migration, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/28580/urban-hangi (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Mark Derby, i tāngia i te 22 March 2011.