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Kia ora. In Aotearoa, Yuriko Asano would like to hear from local people about the food culture (including hunting, cultivation, and fishing) that is rooted in the region, and women's handiwork (raranga), and by experiencing them, she would like to learn about the things they want to pass down from generation to generation. She would like to depict in paintings the customs and lifestyle that are dying out and still remain alive in people's memories.

Please tell her about the things that have been passed down from generation to generation.

Feel free to share as much or as little as you wish. Not all questions need to be completed.

Thank you very much for your time.

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Which part of Aotearoa/New Zealand were you born? Or other areas?

What is your cultural background, or family heritage?

Please tell us something about your grandparents.

What kind of people are they?

What kind of food or dishes did you often eat as a child?

You can talk about the food or even the food culture that you enjoyed growing up.

It does not have to be Maori food culture, it can also be that of your cultural heritage, or even meals you eat every day.

Shellfish such as Paua (Sea snails) and Green-lipped Mussels,

Wild vegetables such as Mamaku (Black tree fern),

Mushrooms such as Hakeke (Wood Ear Fungus),

Do you all collect them yourselves and eat them by yourself?

Do you have any stories to share about this? For instance, if your relatives have ever taught you how to eat them, or if you have ever gone out to hunt or search for them by yourselves or with others?

In addition, where do you go to find these foods?

Have you ever made or eaten Rewena Bread or Rewena Paraoa? a Maori bread made from potato (Kumara).

Does Aotearoa/New Zealand have a culture of food preservation? If you can think of anything we would like to learn more about it.

For instance, Japan’s food preservation culture includes drying wild vegetables or fermenting them into pickles, jam, and other similar kinds of food.

Have you ever made homemade preserved foods such as pickles, jam, or fruit wine?

If so, do you have a chance to eat these kinds of preserved food on a daily basis? Or do you remember eating it at some special event?

In your household or with family and/or relatives, how do you cook your food and how do you consume it?

Are there any other types of foods or dishes that you often eat during annual events?

Annual events can include that of religious or traditional origin, or can be excursions, training camps, lunch boxes, or such?

We would also like to ask you about the dessert called Pavlova. We understand that it is usually eaten during Christmas in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Are there any other traditionally eaten desserts that are traditionally made or eaten.

Please tell us about any seasonal dishes that are unique to Aotearoa/New Zealand.

If possible, are there any personal memories that come into your consciousness from eating that food or dish?

Are there any other dishes that your family or relatives have taught you or that you often eat?

The expression - dishes that “Mom used to make” is also common in Japan, and signifies a comforting feeling when eaten, a flavor of a dish that a mom can only make and that is hard to replicate.

We would like to know if there are any similarities to your food culture experience, and if there are any foods or dishes that your mother cooked that you used to eat at home.

(This question is not limited to mothers, they can also be parents, grandparents, siblings, etc. that you have a connection with).

Please tell us about indegionous medicinal herbs such as ponga, kawakawa, kowai, and mamaku among others.

Are there any medicinal herbs that your family or relatives have taught you?

Do you also make the herbs and eat them, or just learn how to make them?

Are there any seasonal other ingredients that can be harvested in other seasons?

How do you eat these ingredients?

Have you ever grown any other plants?

Are there any plants that you often collect? (If you have any memories or personal experience when you went hunting for these plants, please let us know.)

What kind of utensils do you use when you eat?

Please let us know if you have any special cooking tools.

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