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Roasting karaka berries

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Roasting karaka berries

Although Waikanae Māori adopted Pākehā customs, they also continued traditional activities. In this photograph, taken in 1908, a group of women are roasting karaka berries at Whakarongotai marae.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Hislop Album

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Chris Maclean, Wellington region – Population, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/13345/roasting-karaka-berries (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Chris Maclean, published 3 March 2009, updated 1 August 2015.