Kai Māori 2025

Spread the aroha with these kai Māori events and burgers coming to the biggest kai festival in Aotearoa! Share a meal with your mates, whānau, or chosen whānau this Ākuhata August ❤

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The Boil Up

Thu 7 Aug, 6pm - 8pm

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Join Josh Hunter from Whakapapa of your Kai for a special evening as we share a beloved Aotearoa tradition – the Boil Up. A common and comforting kai in many Māori households, the Boil Up is a hearty stew, rich with root vegetables, tender smoked pork bones, ham hock dough boys , and nourishing pūhā. To complete this classic meal, he'll be serving a warm, comforting steam pudding for dessert with charcoal custard and black Dorris plums This kaupapa represents something Josh deeply believes in: providing for many and creating access to nourishing food from the heart. It’s kai born from resourcefulness, designed to feed whānau and community. This event is koha-based, honouring the principle of reciprocity and ensuring everyone can be a part of our table. Nau mai, haere mai – come, gather, and eat with us.
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Forage Kitchen + Bar
$25

Manaaki Stack

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Hāngi-style beef brisket with apple and maple mayo, hot pickled cabbage in a kawakawa-infused Dough Bakery bun, with truffle and foraged horopito-dusted kūmara chips. This burger honours tikanga Māori through traditional cooking methods like hāngī and the use of native herbs such as kawakawa. It reflects a deep respect for ancestral knowledge, where food is a connection to land, culture and whakapapa.
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Te Papa Café
$28

Āhuru Kai Kōhua Poaka

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Traditional boil-up pork roulade, with Pagro lettuce and tomato, puha mousseline and horopito aioli in a toasted Brezelmania watercress milk bun, with hand-cut kumara fries, manuka honey aioli, a shot of bone broth and a heart-shaped raspberry framboise dessert. Āhuru Kai Kōhua Poaka, meaning the comforting warmth you feel eating a pork boil up, was inspired by the Māori food tradition of a boil-up. The boil-up is a dish of love, traditionally made in big pots for whanau and friends. It brings people together. Te Papa wanted to capture the essence of this traditional Māori meal and give it a gourmet twist.
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Cable Top Eatery
$30

Te Māmā

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Roast chicken with herbed stuffing, roast vege fritter, kawakawa mayo, rocket, feta, and locally foraged kawakawa slaw in housemade fry bread, with a side of rocket salad and Māmā’s signature gravy. This burger is a tribute to the mums, aunties, nans and friends who nourished us with care, wisdom and full lunchboxes. It honours the quiet heroes who stretched roasts across a week, stocked freezers and always made sure we were fed. With 5% of proceeds going to Pēpe Ora to support young mothers and pregnant women, and each burger will be served with a handwritten note from “Mum,” it’s a heartfelt celebration of the love that shows up, meal after meal. Vegetarian alternative: Chicken replaced with a second golden vege fritter

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Chillax (XPA)

$42

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Neo Café & Eatery
$28

Aroha Aotearoa

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Gluten-Free Possible
Kawakawa-spiced lamb patty with Colby cheese, fried egg, pickled golden beetroot, tomato, lettuce, roast beetroot ketchup and aioli in an Arobake T-Sauce bun, with kūmara crisps and Kiwi onion dip. Aroha Aotearoa is a loud and proud celebration of Kiwiana, reimagining a classic burger with iconic local flavours. From lamb and kawakawa to kumara, beetroot and Wattie’s sauce, it’s a nostalgic tribute to the food we all grew up loving.
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Sandbar Mana
$28

Hi Hangi I'm Home

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Chicken and pork, with stuffing, Pickle and Pie pickles and housemade BBQ sauce in a housemade fry bread bun, with carrots, kumara and pumpkin

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