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One of my favorite shows on Food Network is The Best Thing I Ever Ate. They put an assortment of TV hosts to talk about the best thing they ever ate in a specific category. But they've never asked me.

One of my favorite shows on Food Network is The Best Thing I Ever Ate. They put an assortment of TV hosts to talk about the best thing they ever ate in a specific category. But they've never asked me.

One of my favorite shows on Food Network is The Best Thing I Ever Ate. They put an assortment of TV hosts to talk about the best thing they ever ate in a specific category. But they've never asked me.

One of my favorite shows on Food Network is The Best Thing I Ever Ate. They put an assortment of TV hosts to talk about the best thing they ever ate in a specific category. But they've never asked me.

One of my favorite shows on Food Network is The Best Thing I Ever Ate. They put an assortment of TV hosts to talk about the best thing they ever ate in a specific category. But they've never asked me.

Samson, who has dementia, delivered special karakia before the Waitangi Day lunch. Chief hangi preparer and staff member Bill Parker has been cooking the kai in a beer keg for 10 years, using his secret ingredient of pohutukawa shavings from a tree gifted to him by the grandson of Victoria Cross recipient Moana-Nui-a-Kiwa Ngarimu. Ngarimu was awarded the medal posthumously for gallantry during World War II and was one of only two Māori to receive the distinction. “We always wanted to cele...