Kuki Reka Kani Matariki Cookie Stamp
- Free Freight $150.
- Free Click & Collect from our Ponsonby Store
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- Same Day Auckland $45
Celebrate the Māori New Year in your home with the Kuki Reka Kani Matariki Cookie Stamp. Matariki is the Māori name for the Pleiades star cluster, and in Māori tradition it marks one of the most significant times of the year - a season to honour those who have passed, to celebrate the present, and to look ahead with hope and intention. In Māori mythology, Matariki is the mother star, surrounded by her daughters, travelling across the sky each year to visit Papatūānuku, the Earth Mother. Their arrival signals the Māori New Year - a time of gathering, gratitude, reflection and renewal. The nine stars of the cluster each represent a different aspect of the natural world, connected to their own deities and guardians.
Kuki Reka Kani stamps are designed and made in Hamilton by the Rauawaawa Kaumātua Trust, with sales going directly towards supporting their work with Kaumātua in the local community. Buying one is a small act of baking with a genuinely good purpose behind it. Kuki Reka Kani loosely translates as cookie cutter - with Reka meaning delicious in Māori.
Made from food-grade polypropylene with an aluminium dowel insert, dishwasher safe on the top rack. A wonderful gift for bakers, for anyone who loves Aotearoa, or for the creative baker who wants to make something truly one of a kind - especially around Matariki celebrations.
Browse the full Kuki Reka Kani range to find individual stamps and other sets.
KEY FEATURES:
• Matariki star design - celebrating the Māori New Year and its traditions
• Sales support the Rauawaawa Kaumātua Trust and their community work
• Designed and made in Hamilton, New Zealand
• Food-grade polypropylene with aluminium dowel insert
• Dimensions: 79mm W x 79mm L x 64mm H
• Dishwasher safe (top rack)
• Wash before first use
• By Kuki Reka Kani
See our Use & Care info below for tips on getting the best from your purchase.
Top Tip: We've found these work best when you dip the cutter in flour as you go, to assist in releasing the dough. We recommend a firm mix and it's best without chocolate chips etc to block the impression.
Kuki Reka Kani: Kaumātua Inspired Cookie Cutters
The Kuki Reka Kani are unique cookie cutters, inspired, developed and named by the lovely Kaumātua at the Rauawaawa Kaumātua Charitable Trust.
The cutters were initiated to help Kaumātua with dementia, to engage in cooking therapy that promoted Te Ao Māori, cultural heritage, and whakapapa in a social and fun way. Cooking therapy stimulates smell, taste and touch senses in dementia patients which can bring back memories from decades ago.
Several hui were held with groups of Kaumātua to help identify the most appropriate Māori designs for use in kai. The chefs at Rauawaawa helped shape the development of the designs to ensure the cutters worked easily with people from Kaumātua engaged in cooking therapy, tamariki in schools, rangatahi in home technology classes, home cooks , their whānau and professional chefs.
The cutters are designed to press through the dough and leave a pattern imprinted in one easy push. This makes them gentle on both elderly hands as well as providing a large grip for children to hold. The patterns reflect the look of a chiseled whakairo rākau (wood carving), an important aspect in Māori culture.
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Free Freight for purchases over $150.00*
No Charge Click & Collect from our Ponsonby store.
Courier Freight Charges:
- Auckland (Orewa to Pokeno) $7.50
- Rural Auckland (including Waiheke Island) $14
- Nationwide $10.00
- Rural Charge of an extra $4.00 applies to rural delivery
*In-store only gift cards are excluded from our free freight offer, if you'd prefer not to pay for freight please consider purchasing the online version.
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