“Try this,” says Keri Retimanu, pushing a plate of hāngi hash across the table.
It’s smoky, crunchy and tastes as though it’s been slow-cooked over hot rocks for hours.
It hasn’t: Keri admits it emerged from the oven minutes ago, just one of the many rabbits she and her husband Paul Retimanu have managed to pull out of the hat at Kawakawa Eatery, their new Māori and Pasifika eatery.
Based in the Wellington suburb of Berhampore, the “100 per cent Māori, Pasifika and Kiwi” cafe opened in October last year.
Their point of difference is the
