Taranaki iwi harvested two tonnes of potatoes to koha groups staying at local marae for the national kapa haka festival at the end of the month.

Taranaki gardeners say growing a tonne-and-a-half of potatoes for Te Matatini was inspired by their forebears feeding war refugees who flocked to Parihaka 150 years ago. Organisers of Te Matatini o Te ...