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Story: Ngā tāone nui – Māori and the city

Skip-bin hāngī

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Skip-bin hāngī

These workers on a construction site prepare an ingenious skip-bin hāngī (earth oven). Māori not only adapted to the city, they adapted the city for themselves.

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

Reference: EP/1974/7746/8

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Aroha Harris, Ngā tāone nui – Māori and the city – Māori adapt to city life, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/24968/skip-bin-hangi (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Aroha Harris, published 24 January 2011, updated 1 September 2024.