More like siblings than cousins, MKR New Zealand contestants Piki Knap and Michael Murray grew up together in rural Te Kūiti with Piki’s parents, brothers and sisters, but that’s not the most unusual thing about their childhood.
“We didn’t have any electricity or running water,” explains Piki, who is of Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti te Rangi and Ngāti Ranginui descent. “It was like living in a different era. All the baking and cooking was done on the coal range.”
Laughing, Michael, who also has Ngāti Maniapoto
