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Story: Kai Pākehā – introduced foods

Moturua Island

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Moturua Island

The large island to the right is Moturua Island, in the Bay of Islands, where French explorer Marion du Fresne planted gardens in 1772. The first potatoes grown by Māori in the far north may have come from these gardens.

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Hazel Petrie, Kai Pākehā – introduced foods – Early introductions, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/19193/moturua-island (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Hazel Petrie, published 1 March 2009.