Well, a staple food of the native people of New Zealand was a sweet potato originating from South America, they brought it with them in the 13th century when se

Well, a staple food of the native people of New Zealand was a sweet potato originating from South America, they brought it with them in the 13th century when settling NZ from 'Hawaiki', their ancestral homeland that is thought to be either the Cook or Society Islands. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/Chronological_dispersal_of_Austronesian_people_across_the_Pacific_%28per_Benton_et_al%2C_2012%2C_adapted_from_Bellwood%2C_2011%29.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/Chronolo...