For this dinner, resident artist Emily Karaka collaborated with her whanaunga, hāngi master Rewi Spraggon. In 2009, the McCahon House artist’s residence was gifted the name Parehuia by Te Kawerau ā Maki elder, Eru Thompson. Throughout the evening, Emily, Rewi and Pita Turei shared Te Kawerau ā Maki stories of Parehuia and Titirangi. We were thrilled to offer hāngi kai to guests.

^{Rewi Spraggon’s Hāngi Master food truck is a well-known fixture both at Otara Markets and outside Auckland Ferry Terminal. For more information visit www.hangimaster.co.nz}