Kia ora, well I had a wonderful Waitangi Day. I packed up a good old fashioned picnic for the whanau and headed down to Okahu Bay along the waterfront in Auckland. We were off to ‘Native Noise’ one of the many free family events now happening around the country on our national day. Everything was well organised, we paid to park on the rugby grounds right behind the event, well worth it. Grabbed our gear, wandered over and set up our ‘base’.

I was the base actually, while the kids were up and down to the playground, obstacle course and various other fun stuff I was quite content under my big straw hat just listening to the great music, people watching, grazing and relaxing.
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Kia ora, firstly I would like to thank all the people who have emailed in with messages of support and encouragement. I am really touched that people have taken time out of their busy days to help make me feel so welcome in my new role – thanks everyone, I really appreciate it.

Something else that has been happening lately is everywhere I go people are asking if I’d like to hear about their favourite recipes…of course I’m all ears! I’m interested and inspired hearing which recipes really work for people. It got me thinking about what a good idea it is to exchange recipes with each other, sharing is caring I always say.
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Kia ora everybody, welcome to Lana’s corner, my first ever blog!

Well I couldn’t have asked for a better start to 2009 of course, it is so exciting being the new presenter of Food in a Minute.
I was lucky to have a wonderful Christmas and New Year break, full of food, fun and family, all the ingredients for my perfect holiday. My batteries are now fully charged, which is lucky because at the moment it is go, go, go!

I have completed my first shoot with the wonderful Food in a Minute team. As you can imagine there is an awful lot going on and many pieces of the puzzle to be put together.
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