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Māori potatoes

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Māori potatoes

Tāhuri Whenua (National Māori Vegetable Growers Collective) represents the Māori horticultural sector. It organises research, education and product development. One of its projects has been to eliminate viruses affecting cultivars of taewa (Māori potatoes).

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Willie Smith and Steven Kelly, Farmer and grower organisations – Māori farmers, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/18680/maori-potatoes (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Willie Smith and Steven Kelly, published 1 March 2009.