Museum's Kai to Pie Wins Human Rights Kudos

Museum’s Kai to Pie Wins Human Rights Kudos

Auckland Museum’s ambitious new exhibition, Kai to Pie: Auckland on Your Plate, which celebrates the people of Auckland and the food that they enjoy, has won recognition from the Human Rights Commission for its contribution to diversity in New Zealand.

The Human Rights Commission gifted the Museum with its On the Bright Side award, which highlights events that promote harmonious race relations in New Zealand society and make a positive contribution to cultural diversity. The Award recognises the Kai to Pie exhibition, a celebration of Auckland’s extraordinary wealth of people and cultures through an examination of food and its preparation.

Interim Director Sir Don McKinnon said, “Auckland Museum is fortunate to serve one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the world. Kai to Pie celebrates this remarkable breadth through stories of food.”

The exhibition serves up Auckland in four courses: it explores traditional harvesting of food from land and sea; shows the great banquets of Auckland’s past; showcases objects from New Zealand’s culinary culture; and investigates the future of our food.

The Kai to Pie exhibition is accompanied by a wide range of activities and events including lectures, family events, cooking demonstrations and tasting sessions. Tonight LATE at the Museum explores innovations in food. Scientists will pit their wits against food lovers to find a solution as to how best to feed the world in a time when sourcing safe and nutritious food is an issue around the globe.

Every Saturday, the Museum showcases one of the many ethnic groups that call Auckland home. This Saturday sees a celebration of Matariki at the Museum with chef Charles Royal, who will demonstrate of the best of Maori cooking followed by food tastings.

Charles sustainably harvests Maori herbs and spices, many of which had historically been used for medicinal purposes, and combines them with his considerable skills as a contemporary modern chef.

Fellow Rotorua locals Andrew Baker and Te Okahurangi Waaka will provide the musical backdrop with a range of songs celebrating Matariki. The pair will sing a bracket of Maori waiata (bilingual with explanations where appropriate) at the museum at 1 p.m. this Saturday as part of the Kai to Pie exhibition.

The following Saturday, July 10, is the Scottish World on Your Plate

Kai to Pie: Auckland on Your Plate reveals and revels in what it means to be an Aucklander. Get a taste of Auckland this winter.

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