A brief guide to New Zealand's edible seaweeds

here are about 1000 species of seaweed living around the coast of New Zealand. Many are edible and are rich sources of iodine, many vitamins and even protein. With so many types, there is a lot of scope for trying something new when introducing these ocean veges to your kitchen. Only one species, a red seaweed, is thought to be poisonous (though not lethal), so seaweed is an