Marine resources in Maori oral tradition: He kai moana, he kai ma te hinengaro

Aotearoa New Zealand (ANZ) was one of the last land masses settled by humans, with the arrival ofMaori ca. 1280 AD. This relatively recent human history allows unprecedented opportunity to investigate traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) in changing environmental and societal contexts. Before European contact, Maori culture had a strongly developed tradition of oral literature, includin…