National Dishes of Oceania
Fiji’s lime-cured kokoda, Samoa’s coconut-rich palusami, New Zealand’s earth-oven hāngī: the national dishes of Oceania are shaped by lagoon fish, taro, breadfruit and coconut. Pick an island nation below — each collection opens with the national dish and carries on through the recipes of Pacific home cooking.
Australia
101 recipes
Fiji
318 recipes
Kiribati
16 recipes
Marshall Islands
53 recipes
Micronesia
80 recipes
Nauru
48 recipes
New Zealand
90 recipes
Palau
46 recipes
Papua New Guinea
66 recipes
Samoa
58 recipes
Solomon Islands
54 recipes
Tonga
34 recipes
Tuvalu
221 recipes
Vanuatu
50 recipes
What are the most famous national dishes of Oceania?
Oceania's best-known national dishes include Fiji's kokoda, New Zealand's hāngī, Samoa's palusami, Vanuatu's lap lap, Papua New Guinea's mumu and Australia's meat pie. Every Pacific nation on this page has its own recipe collection, beginning with its national dish.