Press
MEDIA CONTACT INFO - For all press and image enquiries please email hello@tala.co.nz
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July 2025 - The Australia - World’s 12 Most Exciting New Restaurants for 2025
August 2025 - Australian Financial Review - How a US lawyer and a Disney dancer created one of NZ’s top fine diners.
August 2025 - TP+ - Samoan Restaurant TALA Among New Zealand’s Best at 2025 Cuisine Good Food Awards.
October 2025 - NZ Herald - Sāmoan chef puts Auckland restaurant on the world map with Milan award.
November 2025 - TP+ - TALA Crowned Supreme Winner in Viva Top 50 Restaurants 2025
November 2025 - Viva NZ Herald - Watch: Jesse Mulligan’s Big Surprise For Tala, The Viva Top 50 Restaurants Supreme Winner
March 2026 – TIME World’s Greatest Places 2026 - The World’s Greatest Places of 2026
May 2026 – Sunday - Taste of Home - Henry Onesemo
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Urban List (Feb 24) - Auckland’s Best New Restaurant
Iconic Eats (Feb 24) - Fish Curry with Oka & Palusami. Awarded by Grace Sugiandi
Auckland Restaurant Review (Feb 24) - Tala, Parnell’s Beautiful New Samoan Spot, Is Unlike Anything Else In This City
Urban List (Apr 24) - Best Fine Dining
Cuisine (Aug 24) - New Restaurant of the Year
RNZ (Sep 24) - Samoan inspired restaurant wins Aotearoa food award.
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Concrete Playground (Sep 23) - TALA Is New Zealand's First-Ever Restaurant Dedicated to Modern Samoan Cuisine
Pacific Media Network (Sep 23) - New establishment to showcase fine dining the Fa'asamoa way
TPPLus - (Sep 23) - TALA a taste of Samoan cuisine coming to Auckland
New Zealand Herald Viva (Sep 23) - Inside Tala, The New Auckland Restaurant That’s A Samoan Sophisticate
Lazy Susan (Oct 23) - Tales by the Fire - Tala
RNZ (Oct 23) - The couple bringing contemporary Samoan cuisine to Auckland
The Spinoff (Oct 23) - Dining that’s more specific than ‘Pacific’
One News (Nov 23) - The story behind Auckland's new Samoan fine dining restaurant
