Maori Cuisine
Help us prepare your meal and join us for a traditional ground-cooked Hangi feast!
Our ancestors have been cooking this way for centuries, and their techniques have been passed down generations to ensure we are able to still enjoy the succulent, smoky, earthy flavours of the juicy hangi meats and vegetables slow cooked for you beneath the ground. See the food being set on hot rocks in an earthen pit, before being covered with wet sacks and dirt where it will cook for up to 3 hours! The hangi is not only a mouth-watering buffet feast, but an opportunity for you to join in with us, your hosts, and celebrate during this communal and social feasting event!
Dinner Menu
| Meat | Veges | Salad | Condiments | Dessert |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamb | Potatoes, Kumara, Pumpkin, Hangi Stuffing | Green Salad, Rice Salad with Roasted Peanuts, Celery and Apple | Fried Bread, Gravy, Mint Sauce, Cranberry Sauce, Dressings | Kiwi Trifle, Fruit Salad and Cream |
| Chicken | Potatoes, Kumara, Pumpkin, Hangi Stuffing | Green Salad, Rice Salad with Roasted Peanuts, Celery and Apple | Fried Bread, Gravy Mint Sauce, Cranberry Sauce, Dressings | Kiwi Trifle, Fruit Salad and Cream |
| Pork | Potatoes, Kumara, Pumpkin, Hangi Stuffing | Green Salad, Rice Salad with Roasted Peanuts, Celery and Apple | Fried Bread, Gravy, Mint Sauce, Cranberry Sauce, Dressings | Kiwi Trifle, Fruit Salad and Cream |
$85pp (Conditions apply)
includes full buffet dinner and dessert
as well as hosting over dinner and storytelling after dinner
Seasonal delicacies
Keep an eye out for our seasonal delicacies (not guaranteed):
- Gourmet Venison Pie with Mushrooms, Cranberries & Walnuts
- Crumbed Venison Back Steaks with Garlic & Rosemary Baked Potatoes & Green Mango Salad
- Venison Meatloaf with Creamy Kumara Mash
- Wild Pork Boil Up with Dough Boys
- Watercress Salad with Sundried Tomatoes, Feta, Pinenuts & Avocado
- Smoked Eel
- Eel Pate with Rewana Bread
- Smoked Trout
- Gourmet Venison Burgers with Kumara Fries
- Piko Piko
- Seafood
The Taniwha Bar
Fully licensed bar facility available onsite – overlooking the lake, a great place to sit at the end of the day and share a cold beverage and a good yarn with your hosts, locals or fellow guests. Buffet menu changes regularly.
