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Rongomaraeroa — Cooking in the Marae at Te Papa

New Zealand / Māori

Key Principles

1. EXCEPTIONAL: A board lunch served inside Rongomaraeroa: food prepared under tikanga protocols, served in the house of Rongo (god of cultivated food), beneath Cliff Whiting's carvings, overlooking Wellington Harbour. The room is the ingredient that no kitchen can replicate.

Pro Tips

EXCEPTIONAL: A board lunch served inside Rongomaraeroa: food prepared under tikanga protocols, served in the house of Rongo (god of cultivated food), beneath Cliff Whiting's carvings, overlooking Wellington Harbour. The room is the ingredient that no kitchen can replicate.

Source

Pacific Migration Trail

Cross-Cuisine Parallels

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