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Kumaras – New Zealand Sweet Potatoes

Left, -Golden Kumara, centre - standard kumara, right - Rekamarauroa Kumara

Brief discussion of kumara growing in NZ by Maori, gardening in the ancient Maori way, and the re-establishment of the ancient Rekamarauroa kumara strain. When Maori first migrated across the Pacific to New Zealand a thousand years ago, they brought with them over 60 varieties of kumara (sweet potato).Today commercialism has meant a concentrated cultivation […]