Vital Ingredients

Celebrate diversity and taste life as a new New Zealander with Vital Ingredients.

Meet the Shiblaq family from Palestine, who are catering for friends with a table of Palestinian favourites.

Join the Salazar family from Colombia as they prepare for their traditional Independence Day celebrations.

Join the Goley family from Nepal, who are now dairy farming in Gore, as they celebrate Deshain, a Nepalese festival with tikka and jamara and a feast for 40.

Meet the Kacurov Family, who moved here from Croatia to share their passion for traditional folk music and dance.

Meet the De Alwis Family from Sri Lanka as they make delicious dishes to share for the Buddhist Wesak.

Join the Kapia Family from Papua New Guinea, as they put down a traditional hot stone Mumu to celebrate the Kumuls verses Kiwis rugby league Four Nations showdown.

The Ali family from Afghanistan, are refugees who settled in Wellington after escaping the Taliban. They cook a birthday afternoon tea of Afghani Mantu dumplings and ferni.

The Saijaipadoi family from Burma invite us to share in a baby's blessing.

The Baua family from Kiribati celebrate Christmas Kirabati-style.