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Top chef Monique Fiso is putting Maori cuisine in the spotlight

10:40 am on 5 June 2023

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Chef Monique Fiso has built a career on bringing native ingredients back onto the menu, at her Maori-Samoan inspired restaurant in Wellington, Hiakai.

Monique Fiso tells Anna Thomas which ingredients deserve more love in the kitchen.

Hiakai serves up fine dining focused on New Zealand's unique ingredients like horopito and kawakawa Photo: Supplied/ Hiakai