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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Samloyal23" data-source="post: 6434199" data-attributes="member: 21432">The Rangikuruiwi tribe of the the Aarakocra are known for their "haka" (war chants) during which they stomp and insult their enemies. They derive almost all of their food from the sea and use "hangi", earth ovens, to cook.  The moa, a large flightless bird, is hunted on islands far to the south, beyond the known world, along with fish, grubs, rodents. Rangikuruiwi did not make pottery, so their only means of boiling is to place a red-hot stone in a wooden bowl of liquid. They preserved large quantities of food by drying it, fermenting it, or sealing it in fat. The food is stored in pātaka (storehouses) or rua kūmara (underground pits) atop mountains near Skytop Village. Important foods included whitebait, the seaweed karengo, huhu grubs, pikopiko (fern shoots), karaka berries and toroi – a dish of fresh mussels with pūhā (sow thistle) juice.Hunters of this tribe use trained hawks to help them and carry nets through the air to catch flocks of small birds. They make a brisk trade with the dwarves of the Last Lands trading dried and fermented fish and moa for clay and metal pots and tools.</blockquote>