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Kai Pākehā – introduced foods


by Hazel Petrie

Māori quickly adopted food sources introduced by Europeans, growing potatoes, gifting pigs to other tribes, and developing large wheat plantations and mills. In the early 1800s, pigs and baskets of potatoes were used as currency.

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Main image: Potato gardens, 1840s

Potato gardens, 1840s


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