Reni Wereta-Gargiulo (Ngāti Ruanui, Ngā Rauru Kītahi, Te Āti Awa) from Kiwi Kai Nelson won the Supreme Award at this year’s MWDI Māori Businesswoman Awards 2022.
Reni has a diverse background in marketing, promotion, business administration and tourism. Entrepreneurial skills inherited from ancestors on her mother’s side (O’Carroll) coupled with her Māori values and heritage on her father’s side, are the strong foundation that drive her passion for business. These two lineages together and a love for seafood have developed Kiwi Kai.
Kiwi Kai Nelson prepare and produce nourishing and finely balanced kai with exotic tastes and textures. Reni creates almost anything with a strong emphasis on indigenous fusion & seafood.
With a vision to deliver heart-warming kai to her community inspired by whānau recipes and her love for the culinary arts, Reni Gargiulo was announced as the MWDI Māori Business Woman of the Year 2022.
Reni also won the MWDI Business Collaboration Award.
Over the last several years, Poutama has been privileged to support Reni and see the business grow from strength to strength.
More information about the Nelson-based business can be found here.
