Hot local bread back

Mama Rima Mata (right) shows off the freshly baked bread ‘fingers’ she will take home to her family in the village of Amuri.

The popular Aquila Bakery on Aitutaki lost its roof during cyclone Pat on February 10 and had to stop baking while the building was repaired.

Bakeries on Rarotonga stepped up and showed their support for the outer island by sending fresh bread to the island every day since the cyclone.

The local bakery, situated in Amuri, began baking bread again on Sunday night and its first batch of hot bread sold out quickly on Monday morning before the sun even rose above the horizon.

Aquila Bakery is selling its popular bread fingers at the lower price $4 for six fingers as a way of helping reduce strain on families during this time of recovery. The bread is normally $5.