Hangi Meal

The end of our New Zealand adventure

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August 25th 2007
Monday Evening in Rotorua - We went to a traditional Mauri Hangi meal. They heat up stones for a few hours then bury them in the ground with the food to cook it for a couple of hours. Before we could eat we (the guests - a tribe of 14 nations) were greated by the Matai tribe who own the land. We took the peace offering and were shown traditional dance and Haka. The food tasted excellent. After din ... read more

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more