…kei ngā Pākehā te take o te mate o te Māori, kei ngā kai a te Pākehā; kei te rama, kei te tupeka, me titiro iana e tātou, i mua i te ritenga Māori, kāore he tī, kāore he parāoa, kāore he tote, kāore he pepa, kāore he mātete, kāore he pāta hei kōhua i ā rātou kai… (TW 15/6/1878:306). / …the Pākehā are the cause of the decline of the Māori with the food of the Pākehā; the rum and tobacco. We should look closely at the Māori way of life in the past, there was no tea, flour, salt, pepper, mustard or pots to boil their food…

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