He tikanga whakapūmau i te kai i muri i te hauhakenga, i te kohinga rānei, kia pai tonu ai, kia kore ai e pirau, e kino rānei. He maha ngā momo rokiroki kai, pērā i te whakatio, i te whakatote me te whakamara.
A procedure for food to last, after it has been harvested or collected so that it maintains its goodness and does not go rotten or spoil. There are many ways to preserve food such as freezing, salting and fermenting in water.
Mā te rokiroki kai i ngā rā o te humi, e ora pai ai te iwi i ngā rā o te waru.
Nā te maruru o reira, ka tahuri tō rātou whānau ki te rokiroki kai.
He mātanga ia ki ngā momo rokiroki kai a ngā tīpuna.