Epicure Wins MWDI Māori Businesswomen’s Awards 2022

Reni Wereta-Gargiulo from Kiwi Kai Nelson has won the
Supreme Award at this year’s MWDI Māori Businesswoman
Awards 2022 held in Tāmaki Mākaurau on Friday, 29 July
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 of Ngāti Ruanui, Ngā Rauru Kitahi, Te Atiawa
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 sponsored by Tātaki
Auckland Unlimited.

The annual MWDI Māori
Businesswomen Awards recognise and reward outstanding
performances and achievements in business by
wāhine.

MWDI Māori Businesswomen’s
Awards 2022 supports the vision and mission of
Māori Women’s Development Inc to encourage the economic
development of wāhine and their whānau.

This
year’s event received over 70 entries, across eight
regional and business excellence categories through various
disciplines such as: Business Collaboration, People &
Capability, Innovation, Employment & Growth, Emerging
Business, Social Enterprise, Marketing &
Sales.

Interim CEO Linda Clay says, “This
event is an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of
wāhine and showcase their businesses on the economic world
stage. We’re also very grateful to all our sponsors,
co-host, Auckland Council and Te Puni Kōkiri for their
tautoko ”

Judges, Tina Kilmister-Blue, Partner
PwC, Kiri Nathan ONZM, previous recipient of the MWDI Māori
Business Woman of the Year 2019 and former MWDI CEO Teresa
Tepania-Ashton MNZM were impressed with the high calibre of
nominations befitting to all regions and
categories.

Māori Women’s Development Inc are
pleased to announce the following individuals and businesses
as winners for the 2022 Awards:

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