Māori grew taro in Aotearoa hundreds of years ago

It has long been thought it is too cold to grow taro in New Zealand, but research by a team of archaeologists from Auckland University and Auckland Museum has found Māori grew taro in Aotearoa in the 1400s. The team analysed pollen from swampland on Ahuahu-Great Mercury Island, off the eastern coast of Coromandel, and found evidence of taro, puha, and watercress. Louise Furey is the curator of Anthropology at the Auckland War Memorial Museum. She talks to Susie Ferguson.