Kūmara: How One Word Crossed the Pacific
Posted 3:02pm Sunday 12th September 2021
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About 1,000 years ago, a Polynesian navigator made a historic trade. Goods from the Pacific were exchanged for a stubby, brownish root vegetable from the foothills of Peru. There, on a presumably sunny day on the South American coast, kūmara was introduced to Polynesia. It’s called Read more...
Karamea Pēwhairangi, Te Āwhina Pounamu Waikaramihi, and Fox Meyer
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