'New' research has 'discovered' Maori had a plant based diet as a central component of their existence prior to 'colonisation'. I despair a little when reading academic findings as if they are something new and unobvious to the average person in NZ. Too much of the vaccines maybe...? The only 'meat' Maori could eat were birds (not enough meat on birds once Maori had exterminated the Moa and the giant goose), seafood, dogs (but eat them all and they are exterminated), rats an