kauru

kauru
Also waitau
Steamed (in a hangi) root of the Cabbage Tree. A nutritious parsnip-shaped vegetable. The para or fecula contained in the tap-root and trunk of Cordyline australis and some other species (Best 1942) There is a detailed account in Best 1942: 87-88 of the harvesting and preparation of käuru by Ngai Tahu and Ngäti Mamoe. The annual task continued until 3 years after the arrival of Matara (W. B. D. Mantell), when the Europeans had much increased in numbers and the käuru producing lands had been swept by fire and everything destroyed (Best 1942). The para rubbed from the fibre was mixed with water in a bowl. Known as waitau. Resembled jam in sweetness and consistency.

Maori-English dictionary. 2008.

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