Withthis dish, I felt embarrassed that I, a New Zealand chef and Pacific foodie, know so little about Maori food outside of hangi and boil-up, and I’ll bet the same goes for many of us.

"We do beautiful hangi, which is steamed and smoked, and we do a boil-up with local bacon bones from the butcher in Pātea. We have our secret recipe fry bread that is very very popular.