Te wiki o te Reo Maori is draw­ing to a close, with the finale being held at the mar­kets on the water­front this Sunday. This year’s theme is ‘te mahi kai’ (the lan­guage of food) and what bet­ter place to cel­eb­rate than the food mar­kets on Wellington’s water­front. 

So go grab your fruit, vege and gour­met good­ies from Har­bourside and City Mar­kets and live the lan­guage of food in te reo.  There will be biligual sig­nage, haka, wai­ata and the release of the a biligual CD of songs Tipi Haere Te Reo.  

Form­al­it­ies kick of 8.00am at Har­bourside Mar­ket and there will be enter­tain­ment until mid­day. 

Over at the City Mar­ket (inside the Chaf­fers apart­ment build­ing) they will be doing what they do best: mak­ing us drool with treats from their kit­chen.

Te Kihini Makete i tenei wiki: Kau tunuumu Greytown, hupa paukena Pine­haven penu ma te mina-aua­hi, he paku hirikaka me te kokonati,Wairarapa pai ika, pai kaimoana, Kawakawa parauni.
Mar­ket kit­chen this week: Braised Greytown beef, manuka smoked mash Pine­haven pump­kin (paukena) soup, hint of chilli & coconut Wair­ar­apa fish pie, dill mash. Kawakawa brownie.
 

Kaua e whakama ki te korero maori.

(Again apo­lo­gies: mac­rons give our site indi­ges­tion)