Ngā Rauropi Whakaoranga

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TĪ RAURIKI, tī awe, tī kapu, tī koraha, tī karaha (Best 1942), tī kupenga, tī papa, kōpuapua, korokio, mauku (Best 1942). 

dwarf cabbage tree

Roots sugary and valued by the Māori for food (Kirk, in Taylor 1870 ; Colenso 1868a, 1868b).

Roots tied separately for baking in bundles of hangehange, Geniostoma rupestre. (Colenso 1868a).

Roots dug up and dried, sometimes eaten raw (Colenso 1880)

Midribs (tuaka) of leaves used to make sieve baskets for hīnau berries (Best 1942).

Rongoitua (traveller from Hawaiki, introduced kūmara) tried kāuru - tī papa, which is cooked and becomes very sweet (White 1887; Vol III)