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Hiakai review: Monique Fiso’s food is a loving, delicious tribute to Aotearoa

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Simon Day dined alone at Monique Fiso’s Wellington restaurant Hiakai, and discovered it was the perfect way to appreciate the meaning of this special food.  “Would you like a few more minutes with your phone?” the waitress at Hiakai asked sympathetically as I mashed a final goodbye text to my wife on the touchscreen. I’d … Read more

Dietary Requirements podcast: In which we mix our drinks (wine, mezcal, sake, Milo)

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Dietary Requirements is The Spinoff’s monthly podcast in which we eat, drink and talk about it too, with special thanks to Freedom Farms. This month, we’re joined by booze enthusiast Meg Abbott-Walker for a special episode celebrating drinks.  For the first time in our 11-episode history, we don’t eat a single skerrick of food on air. … Read more