TY - JOUR AU - Rangiwai, Byron PY - 2021/06/23 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Some Brief Notes on Kai Māori JF - Te Kaharoa JA - tekaharoa VL - 14 IS - 1 SE - Article DO - 10.24135/tekaharoa.v17i1.359 UR - https://www.tekaharoa.com/index.php/tekaharoa/article/view/359 SP - AB - Food is a signifier of identity and status (Hayden, 1998, 2009; Hayden & Villeneuve, 2011; Neill et al., 2015). In traditional times, Māori consumed a range of hunted, gathered, and cultivated foods (Royal & Kaka-Scott, 2013). As a result of this diet, non-infectious diseases were low among Māori due to foods with higher levels of protective chemicals and nutrients (Cambie & Fergusson, 2003). ER -