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Seafood platter – Ngā uri o Tangaroa

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Seafood platter – Ngā uri o Tangaroa

Whether freshly caught as wild stock from the sea or harvested from local marine farms, seafood is varied and plentiful in New Zealand. Farmed mussels and freshly harvested oysters are a feature of this platter from Kai in the City, a Wellington restaurant. 

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Maggy Wassilieff, Aquaculture – Protecting the environment, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/4771/seafood-platter-nga-uri-o-tangaroa (accessed 11 June 2026).

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 2 March 2009.