Aroha Eats - Huka Falls - Summertime

10/09/2026

Arohamai Whanau. It’s Leroy here. Unfortunately this flu has really wiped me out. It’s been 10 days now and I’m still not able to cook for you all tonight. My lovely niece made me a Kumarahau tonic yesterday and that is definitely helping. I just want to thank you all for your patience, understanding and kind messages and we look forward to seeing you all next week.
Nga mihi
Kush and Leroy

09/09/2026

❤️ IMPORTANT UPDATE, WHĀNAU ❤️

Leroy still isn’t well enough for us to open tomorrow, so we’ve made the decision to give him one more day to recover properly.

We’re really sorry for another change and for any inconvenience—but we are now locking in the following schedule:

📍 TAUPŌ — FRIDAY 11 SEPTEMBER
⏰ 4.30pm–8.30pm
Wilson Carpark
29 Tuwharetoa Street, Taupō Central

📍 ROTORUA NETBALL — SATURDAY & SUNDAY
⏰ 10.30am–2.30pm each day
[ADD EXACT SERVING LOCATION]

Our burgers are still on the menu, along with Loaded Fries, Loaded Frybread, Hāngī Meals, Raw Fish and Steamed Puddings!

Thank you for bearing with us, whānau. We’ve missed feeding you and truly appreciate all the messages and support while we’ve been recovering.

🔥 FRIDAY IS OUR COMEBACK NIGHT, TAUPŌ! 🔥

Then we’re heading to Rotorua for a massive netball weekend. We can’t wait to see you all again! ❤️🖤

07/09/2026

❤️ WE’RE BACK THIS WEEK, WHĀNAU! ❤️

We’re giving Leroy a little more time to recover from his cough and sore chest—and Kush needs a couple more days to get back to walking properly after completing her 21km event!

So this week’s schedule is:

📍 TAUPŌ
Thursday 10 September
Friday 11 September
⏰ 4.30pm–8.30pm
29 Tuwharetoa Street, Wilson Carpark

📍 ROTORUA
Saturday 12 September
Sunday 13 September
⏰ 10.30am–2.30pm
320 Malfroy Road opposite Westbrook Tavern

We’ll be bringing our delicious burgers, Loaded Fries, Loaded Frybread, Hāngī Meals, Raw Fish, Steamed Puddings and plenty of homemade kai!

We’re so sorry for any inconvenience caused while we’ve been unwell. Thank you for your patience, messages and continued support—it truly means so much to our little two-person team.

We’re taking a couple of extra days to recover properly, but we are excited to say:

🔥 AROHA EATS IS BACK THIS WEEK! 🔥

We can’t wait to feed our Taupō and Rotorua whānau again! ❤️🖤

06/09/2026

03/09/2026

❤️ WEEKEND UPDATE, WHĀNAU ❤️

Unfortunately, Leroy really isn’t getting any better. Although Kush is doing okay, Aroha Eats really is just the two of us—and we can’t operate without each other.

We are absolutely gutted to say that we’ll need to remain closed for the entire weekend. The man flu has hit hard! 🤧

If Leroy wakes up feeling better on Sunday, you might see him at the Taupō Farmers Market with a boot-load of treasures that we’re clearing out from our old curios shop. We’ll confirm this on Sunday morning if he’s well enough.

Meanwhile, Kush will be dragging herself around the North Shore Marathon for 21km on Sunday—just putting one foot in front of the other! 👟❤️

We’ll be back serving you next week:

📅 Wednesday to Friday
🦀 Seafood Boils available Thursday—preorders essential

We’re going to take things a little easier next week to give ourselves time to recover properly.

Again, we are so sorry, whānau. Being self-employed and losing an entire weekend of trading is incredibly hard, but we need to get Leroy healthy and make sure we’re fit to prepare and serve your kai.

Thank you for your patience, kindness and continued support. It means more than you know. ❤️

Arohamai, whānau. We’ll keep you posted.

02/09/2026

OPENING UPDATE
CLOSED THURSDAY
We are still under the weather - Leroy more so with his manful. We don’t wanna rush back to soon, so will rest up and keep lemon and ginger honey drinks.
Aiming for Friday and/or Saturday

02/09/2026

❤️ AROHA MAI, WHĀNAU ❤️

Unfortunately, we’ve both been sick and are still trying to get ourselves better. We really thought we might be able to open tomorrow, but at this stage, it’s not looking likely.

We’re now hoping to be back serving you on Friday and/or Saturday, depending on how we’re feeling. We’ll keep you updated as soon as we know for sure.

The joys of being self-employed, working together—and getting sick together! 😷
Leroy is a lot sicker with man flu 😷, please feel for him, giving birth has got nothing on man flu!! So he says lol!!

Thank you for your patience and understanding, whānau. We’re sorry for any inconvenience and can’t wait to be back doing what we love. ❤️

Arohamai, whānau. Please keep an eye on our page for updates.

Kush has a race to be better for on Sunday and it’s her first event with her baby!! Only walking so shouldn’t be any harder than walking around a mall for 5 hours hehe 😜

29/08/2026

❤️ ROTORUA—WHAT AN AMAZING DAY! ❤️

We are feeling incredibly grateful tonight. Rotorua, you showed up in such a massive way that we sold out of so much kai—we didn’t even have enough stock left to open in Taupō!

To everyone who visited us, waited patiently, shared our posts and told your friends about Aroha Eats—thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

We’re excited to be back in Rotorua next weekend:

📅 Friday 4 September
📅 Saturday 5 September
⏰ 11am–2pm
📍 Car park opposite the Westbrook Tavern
320 Malfroy Road, Rotorua

If you’ve heard people talking about Aroha Eats but haven’t managed to grab a bite yet, lock us in for next weekend and come see what all the fuss is about! Come early, whānau—we’d hate for you to miss out again.

We appreciate every one of our regular customers and warmly welcome all our new customers into the Aroha Eats whānau.

Rotorua, thank you for showing our little business so much aroha. We can’t wait to feed you again next weekend! ❤️🔥

Ngā mihi nui,
Kush, Leroy and the Aroha Eats team