May 05, 2023
Hangi in snow for cool Cardrona
Hangi Master Rewi Spraggon is keen to break into Queenstown’s lucrative winter ski market.
His Auckland-based company is the only commercial hangi operator that uses traditional in-ground hangi cooking instead of metal steamers.
The self-styled Maori-preneur says his new business at the Cardona Ski Field will offer an authentic hangi experience to visitors.
Hangi In The Snow – that’s going to be a really cool experience you know? Like, there are five thousand people that go on that mountain a day. And to see a hangi get pulled out of the ground is going to be pretty cool.
Rewi Spraggon says he’s working with Ngai Tahu and the Ara Institue of Canterbury to train rangatahi for the business.