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What is the name of the traditional Māori practice of preserving birds in their own rendered fat inside containers made from bull kelp, particularly important for Rakiura (Stewart Island) Māori who harvested tītī (muttonbirds)?

The southern Māori practice of preparing pōhā involved inflating and curing blades of rimurapa (bull kelp) into containers, filling them with cooked muttonbird meat sealed in its own fat for preservation through winter.

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