769 days ago

Raki - Kaiapoi Northern Market - Proudly presented by MAOTA charitable trust

Debbie Russell from Mahi Arohanui o Tamariki Aotearoa Charitable trust

Mahi Arohanui o Tamariki Aotearoa (Maota)is a new charitable trust that due to launch officially when it open it new fundraising market in October.
Hi My Name is Deborah Russell, and I am the founder/ chairman/ trustee of Maota charitable trust.
On the behalf of our board we wish to announce our fundraising market.

We are currently fundraising for our local tamariki in canterbury region.

We are all about supporting our youth through their local primary schools. This ain't no hand out, it a hand up for the kids to support them in education.

We are currently about to open a fundraising market in Kaiapoi, as we look to raise $50k in our first year. But to make this possible we need your help.

The new market is set to open in Kaiapoi
22nd of October 2022 at Kaiapoi Borough Primary school opening 10 am to 2.30 pm.
We would to welcome you to Raki.

We have both Indoor(8/25 stalls available) and (20 + available outdoor stalls), if your interested them please email us at aotearoamaota@gmail.com

Also currently looking for Food Trucks, Ice cream truck, candy floss vendors. Any kind of food truck would be much appreciated.

We also looking for those who are talented in music, dance and would like to have the opportunity to show of what they do to a awesome crowd.
we also looking volunteers, at the market and some on our board on the board of trustees, so if you a retiree and looking for something to do a couple of days a week, we can help you.
so if you can help us out awesome contact as at aotearoamaota@gmail.com
so please contact us today.

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Kalle

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"Sports and travelling run in the family, and that's kind of what's led me to come to New Zealand."

"I grew up in a small town in Finland. My dad was involved with sports all his life, he was a shot putter, discus thrower, powerlifter, we traveled quite a bit when I was a kid. He never mentioned much of the rugby days. He just said he broke both of his shin bones playing rugby, so he said, ‘never play the sport, It's crazy.’

I started playing when I was 18. I played my first cap for the Finnish national team in 2014, we won the Finnish championship with my club. Rugby is not a big thing in Finland.

I moved here to play rugby in 2017. The club that wanted me to come over was Methven Rugby Club. They got me here and they were like, ‘what do you do for work? I’d just finished chef school in Finland. ‘We'll get you a job at Mount Hutt as a chef, you can do that while you play rugby with us.’ I said, ‘Perfect. Yeah, I'm in’.

I've always loved food. My mum was an amazing cook, and still is. When I was studying tourism I worked in some hotels in Finland, and I saw how the chef's worked. I just loved the kitchen vibe and I was like, Yeah, that’d be something I'd love to do.

I've had more of a culinary journey In New Zealand than in Finland. I started at Mount Hutt, after that I worked at The Dubliner in Methven. I worked as a senior pizza chef at Sal’s for maybe six months then worked as chef de partie at Cellar Door. At Eliza's Manor, I worked myself up to a junior sous chef. Then the opportunity came to work my first head chef job at Moon Under Water.

We're privileged to have a busy atmosphere, we can try new things and get a bit creative. There are no TV’s, just come here with your family or with your mates, play board games, to socialise.

I really want to drive the local food and ingredients through the menu. We don't mind spending more for quality ingredients as long as it's supporting New Zealand businesses. We just love to use local. And it's pub food, but I feel like it's elevated.

I play club rugby here for the Christchurch Football Club, the oldest club in New Zealand and I still play regularly for the Finnish national team, whenever they can fly me over to play."

- Kalle

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