The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 74
Agriculture practised by the Ancient People of New Zealand
Agriculture practised by the Ancient People of New Zealand.
In Chapter II I made the statement that the aborigines of this land were ignorant of the art of agriculture. It is a fact, however, that the pre-Maori people cultivated the " hue" gourd which was utilised as an article of food and also for water vessels, &c.