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'Controversial': Pakuranga Bakery's newly relaunched horse meat pies selling well

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 21 Apr 2026, 4:03pm
Pakuranga Bakery manager Pho Bok with a tray full of lo'i hossi pies. Photo / RNZ, Ross McNaughton
Pakuranga Bakery manager Pho Bok with a tray full of lo'i hossi pies. Photo / RNZ, Ross McNaughton

'Controversial': Pakuranga Bakery's newly relaunched horse meat pies selling well

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 21 Apr 2026, 4:03pm

Just three months after they were pulled from the pie warmers, Pakuranga Bakery’s horse meat pies are available again and proving just as popular as ever.

The pies, inspired by lo’i hossi, a Tongan horse meat dish, went viral on social media - but the pies were pulled in January as the horse meat hadn't been cleared for human consumption. 

Pakuranga Bakery manager Pho Bok says they've sold hundreds of pies since they returned to the shelves.

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