The third book in a series on Māori food plants has been published and is now available. Over 34 plants are introduced along with their whakapapa and contemporary status. In early times these plants were staple foods for communities and travellers in a climate and environment that was very seasonal and had a limited cultivated garden. The plants are presented in sections on cultivated crops such as kūmara and taewa, grasses, Te Wao Nui a Tāne; plants include native orchids or perei, and maheuheu or ‘weeds.