Special Waitangi hangi after a tough 12 months for Christchurch aged-care home
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 celebrate Waitangi in a special way,” Parker said. Joseph Johnson/Stuff Parker shares his secret hangi...
Source: stuff.co.nz