Professor Nick Roskruge of Massey University speaks of the importance of taewa - heritage potatoesThe most popular taewa is a purple potato, called tūtaekurī. Professor Nick Roskruge, an ethnobotanist from the Ngāti Rāhiri hapū of Te Ātiawa, has made a career out of crops and potatoes. WARWICK SMITH/Stuff Massey University Professor Nick Roskruge is an expert in taewa. WARWICK SMITH/Stuff Sliced taewa from professor Nick Roskruge: huakaroro (white) and tūtaekurī (purple) . WARWICK SMITH/Stuff Nick Roskruge, an expert in taewa, holds a huakaroro – a white-skinned taewa.

Source: Stuff July 07, 2021 02:53 UTC