Pararoa

Paraoa is a Maori word meaning flour or bread. Rewena paraoa (or paraoa rewena) is a bread cooked with a leavening of fermented potato mixture (rewena), made from potato, flour, sugar and water. In some dialects it is called rewana. Taewa refers to Maori potatoes, some of which arrived with early Europeans, while others were said to have been here earlier. Over the years some varieties have been lost, but those surviving include Urenika (also called tutaekuri). Urenika is easy to cultivate, grown year around because of varying climatic conditions in different parts of New Zealand, and cooks up well. Other varieties include Makoikoi, Karuparera, Raupi, Moe Moe, Te Maori Huakaroro.