{"id":347,"date":"2010-02-08T03:31:56","date_gmt":"2010-02-08T02:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wholefoodkitchen.co.uk\/?p=347"},"modified":"2010-02-11T01:21:06","modified_gmt":"2010-02-11T00:21:06","slug":"kawhia-kai-festival-on-waitangi-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.wholefoodkitchen.co.uk\/?p=347","title":{"rendered":"Kawhia Kai Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Waitangi Day, Aotearoa&#8217;s National Day, was spent at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kawhiakaifestival.co.nz\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kawhia Kai festival<\/a>, a celebration of Maori Kai (food) and Whanau. (family) On offer was Hangi food, Whitebait fritters, Kai Moana (Seafood) and much more. I was too late to sample the Shark Liver Pate, a local delicacy, which disappeared rapidly.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-351\" title=\"hangi1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wholefoodkitchen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/hangi1.jpg\" alt=\"hangi1\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.wholefoodkitchen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/hangi1.jpg 580w, http:\/\/www.wholefoodkitchen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/hangi1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-352\" title=\"hangi2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wholefoodkitchen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/hangi2.jpg\" alt=\"hangi2\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.wholefoodkitchen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/hangi2.jpg 580w, http:\/\/www.wholefoodkitchen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/hangi2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A generous portion of Hangi food prepared by the Mokoroa Whanau. Hangi food is cooked in the earth, and each Kete (basket) was filled with Chicken, Pork, Kumara, Potatoes, Pumpkin, Puha (greens) Stuffing and served with Rewena. (Maori bread)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-353\" title=\"muffin1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wholefoodkitchen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/muffin1.jpg\" alt=\"muffin1\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.wholefoodkitchen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/muffin1.jpg 580w, http:\/\/www.wholefoodkitchen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/muffin1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-354\" title=\"muffin4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wholefoodkitchen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/muffin4.jpg\" alt=\"muffin4\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.wholefoodkitchen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/muffin4.jpg 580w, http:\/\/www.wholefoodkitchen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/muffin4-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Delightful cupcakes and chocolate treats made from native plants, fruits and seeds.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-355\" title=\"mussels2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wholefoodkitchen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/mussels2.jpg\" alt=\"mussels2\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.wholefoodkitchen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/mussels2.jpg 580w, http:\/\/www.wholefoodkitchen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/mussels2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-356\" title=\"mussels3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wholefoodkitchen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/mussels3.jpg\" alt=\"mussels3\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.wholefoodkitchen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/mussels3.jpg 580w, http:\/\/www.wholefoodkitchen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/mussels3-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wok flamed Kai Moana (seafood) from the &#8216;Kapai Mussells&#8217; stall run by a couple of Kawhia locals. A crowd-pulling display backed up by copious servings of fresh local seafood.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-348\" title=\"kawhia_wharf2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wholefoodkitchen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/kawhia_wharf2.jpg\" alt=\"kawhia_wharf2\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.wholefoodkitchen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/kawhia_wharf2.jpg 580w, http:\/\/www.wholefoodkitchen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/kawhia_wharf2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kawhia Wharf.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-349\" title=\"kawhia_kids\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wholefoodkitchen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/kawhia_kids.jpg\" alt=\"kawhia_kids\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.wholefoodkitchen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/kawhia_kids.jpg 580w, http:\/\/www.wholefoodkitchen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/kawhia_kids-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The hot pick of the day: Fresh watermelon with Strawberry ice cream.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-350\" title=\"kawhia_tane\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wholefoodkitchen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/kawhia_tane.jpg\" alt=\"kawhia_tane\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.wholefoodkitchen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/kawhia_tane.jpg 580w, http:\/\/www.wholefoodkitchen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/kawhia_tane-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A couple of local &#8216;Tane.&#8217; (Men)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waitangi Day, Aotearoa&#8217;s National Day, was spent at the Kawhia Kai festival, a celebration of Maori&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":348,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,15],"tags":[40,39],"class_list":["post-347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-meals","category-summer","tag-hangi","tag-kawhia-kai-festival","comments-open","has-comments"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wholefoodkitchen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wholefoodkitchen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wholefoodkitchen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wholefoodkitchen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wholefoodkitchen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=347"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.wholefoodkitchen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":358,"href":"http:\/\/www.wholefoodkitchen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347\/revisions\/358"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wholefoodkitchen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wholefoodkitchen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wholefoodkitchen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wholefoodkitchen.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}