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New Zealand Food

New Zealand Food. Major ways food was obtained 100-150 Years ago. Birds were collected, plucked, and deboned after which they were cooked before a fire. The main birds were weka, the kiwi, and the kakupo . Smaller seasonal fishes were much esteemed whitebait, and grayling. . Cont.

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New Zealand Food

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  1. New Zealand Food

  2. Major ways food was obtained 100-150 Years ago • Birds were collected, plucked, and deboned after which they were cooked before a fire. The main birds were weka, the kiwi, and the kakupo. Smaller seasonal fishes were much esteemed whitebait, and grayling.

  3. Cont. • The Maori cooked in underground stoves called hangi. They harvest and preserve the rakiura, a mutton bird. They also catch Eel, shellfish, and kina (sea eggs).

  4. Major ways people obtain food in this country now. • The people in New Zealand now still use a lot of the traditional cuisine that the Maori brought to the land. They focus a lot on agriculture growing fruits berries and vegetables. They also have pasture raised cattleand sheep.

  5. Major Crops/Food sources • Major crops and food sources in New Zealand are the berries and vegetables, and a mutton bird rakiura. Also sheep are raised in pastures as a food source. The very first wine they ever made for export purposes was the Tohu wine.

  6. New Zealand Food Celebrations The Kāwhia Kai Festival is a festival held on February 6th every year where people go out and hunt wild pork and a wide array of New Zealand shellfish and mud snails. Some other food items include puha spring rolls, whitebait patties, shark liver pate, and marinated mussels.

  7. Continued • The MaketuKaimoana Festival is a celebration held on the northern coast of New Zealand focused on Seafood. Some things people make during this event are prawn salad,seafood kebabs, curried mussels, abalone fritters, and seafood pizza.

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