Today I will be sharing what I learned in my reading.
Before the Europeans and long before the supermarket the Maori ranged for wide and far Mahinga Kai. Their food resources came from many different places like the forests, lakes, and the endless coastlines.
Karl Russel's considers himself as a very rich man. He hunts and collects food for himself. He can only eat the things he hunts, makes, and cooks. He says it isn't easy being a Mahinga Kai Crusader. Its all about sharing kai, and saving kai for the winter.
So what exactly is Mahinga Kai? According to Karl, it is anything that is edible that can be grown, collected, or caught close to home. Karl says that he will only eat it if it runs, walks, flies, or swims. In the last month Karl picked blackberries, plums, apples, pears, and watercress.
From nearby beaches, Karl collects sweet tasting kutai, paua, and kina. He said he used to catch cod, tarakihi, kahawai, and elephant fish right of the beach. Karl harvests kankana, patiki, inanga, herring, trout, salmon, and tuna.
Several times a year, Karl and his whanau head into the hills to hunt. They catch rabbits, hares, pigs, goats, deer, chamois, and thar. They make salami, saveloys, sausages, and bacon.
Tahu artist Simon Kaan's working day often starts before dawn, when hes on his surfboard, watching the sun rise over a beach on Otago Peninsula. As a professional artist, Simon is constantly looking for creative ways to tell a story.
Now Simon has his own 3 young tamariki of his own, Simon is passing on his whanaus Mahinga Kai tradition. This is how the tradition Mahinga Kai is passed on.
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