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Kāwhia Kai Festival

Ōmiti Park Reserve

(right on the Kāwhia foreshore)

Saturday 8th February, 2014

from 9am

Admission: $10 adults

$2 children (under 12yrs)

2014 LINE UP:

To be confirmed

MC

Kai

Kapa-haka

Live music

Weavers

Wood carving

Tā-Moko

plus lots of Māori arts & crafts stalls

STALLS STILL AVAILABLE

We welcome stalls from
community groups, sports teams, marae, schools, tertiary institutions and businesses

REGISTER A STALL

NEXT YEAR'S HEADLINE ACT

to be confirmed

some great entertainment

The Kāwhia Traditional Māori Kai Festival is Kāwhia's biggest day.
An authentic experience of traditional Māori food from the sea "kaimoana" & food from the land "kaiwhenua"
Thousands of visitors flock to Kāwhia every year for this annual Māori food festival. It's always a great day (rain or shine) full of cultural activities and a delectable array of traditional and modern NZ foods.
Kawhia Kai Festival is a smoke-free & alcohol-free event

Mihimihi (Māori greeting) from Lloyd Whiu:

Nau mai! Haere mai! Whakatau mai!
nei rā te karanga ki ngā hau e whā ki te rā hirahira e aro ake
Kia piua mai ai ō mata
ki Kāwhia moana, ki Kāwhia kai, ki Kāwhia tangata
Tēnei e hora nei te whāriki
nō reira, piki mai kake mai!

Translation:

Welcome! Welcome! Welcome!
The call of welcome has been sent forth on the four winds (all corners of the globe)
to gather together here in Kāwhia
Kāwhia of abundant food, Kāwhia of many peoples
The woven mat of welcome has been spread open
Therefore, let us gather!

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