Current New Zealanders still indulge in the traditional Māori dishes, Māori kai continues to elaborate.
Customary Māori diet
The Māori diet was based on birds and fish, augmented by stray herbs and roots.
In their tribal gardens, Māori also grew root crops, like potato and kumara (sweet potato).
Māori hangi ovens look like this they are big groups of kai (food) cooked underground in thermal areas in like Rotorua. they go in deep pits for a long time.
