24K views · 674 reactions | There's an art to growing peruperu potatoes and a Ngāpuhi elder is passing on what he knows about it to whānau and volunteers who in turn gift the produce they grow to other kaumātua in the Kaikohe region. Harata Brown went out to meet Hirini Tau and the gang at their Kaikohe peruperu patch and filed this story. | Te Karere | Facebook

🍅 Growing tomatoes is truly an art and stringing as well as pruning them are key. We grade our tomatoes, which means we have a number 1️⃣ and number 2️⃣ grade. We sell the number two grades at a lower price as these have a blemish or two which makes them great for 🫙canning and/or we take those tomatoes to our processor for many of our canned goods we sell at our market. 🚜 We farm and harvest when it’s the season, 🔄 BUT OUR MARKET IS OPEN YEAR ROUND’ because COMMUNITY MATTERS to us and our dr