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Our kitchen

Made with aro'a. Proudly Porirua.

Cook Islands flavours, made fresh in our family kitchen.

Donuts frying in hot oil in the Hanis kitchen

Our family kitchen

Hanis started at our kitchen table — recipes passed from mama to daughter, donuts rolled by little hands, and Mainise stirred to the sound of ukulele. Every order helps keep these recipes alive here in Porirua.

Meitaki ma'ata for supporting our family.

Our founder

Twenty-five years of Mama Tere

Hanis began with one woman and one recipe. Mama Tere has been making Cook Islands donuts for twenty-five years, and she still makes them the same way — by hand, in small batches, early in the morning.

Mama Tere, the founder of Hanis, standing on a Cook Islands beach wearing a flower ei katu and lei

The Sound of Hanis

Now hear Hanis.

Yummy Yummy

Sone Cummings

“A song dedicated to Aunty Tere.”

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Taste it for yourself.

Hanis

Cook Islands Flavours, Made Fresh.

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