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New Zealand national Māori weavers' collective
Detail of border of
kahu kiwi
Detail of bottom border of
kahu kiwi , showing the distinctive hair-like structure of kiwi feathers.
Te Roopu Raranga Whatu o Aotearoa or Māori Weavers New Zealand is the
New Zealand national Māori weavers’
collective , which aims to foster and preserve
Māori traditional textiles . It has played an important role in facilitating the gathering of weavers of Māori and Pasifika descent to meet, teach and learn from one another.
[1]
The collective was established when the wider collective of
Aotearoa Moananui a Kiwa Weavers , founded by the
Māori and South Pacific Arts Council in 1983,
[2] was split into the
Māori and
Pasifika portions of the organisation.
[1]
[3] This split came about as a result of funding reasons — current
Toi Māori Aotearoa funding is specifically targeted at Māori arts.
[4] This split of groups occurred in 1994.
[1]
[5]
Te
Roopu holds national
hui (attendance of which is required by a number of tertiary courses), regional workshops, publishes a newsletter, coordinates with research funding agencies and publishes books.
Emily Schuster of
Māori Arts and Crafts Institute in
Rotorua was the first chairperson.
[6]
Diggeress Te Kanawa was a co-founder.
Cath Brown was also a founding member and went on to coordinate the production of the organisation's newsletter.
[1]
[7]
Christina Wirihana is the current chairperson and
Te Hemo Ata Henare is the deputy chair.
[8]
[9]
There is some overlap of personnel and events with
Māori Women's Welfare League ,
[10] but the League has a much broader remit, longer history and more political outlook.
National hui
The national hui is held biennially at Labour Weekend at different Marae around the country.
[11]
1983 Pakirikiri Marae, Tokomaru Bay
1985 Kokohinau Marae, Te Teko
1987 Tunohopu, Rotorua
1988 Omaka Marae, Blenheim
1990 Apumoana Marae, Rotorua
1992 Taurua Marae, Rotoiti, Rotorua
1993 Parihaka Marae, Taranaki
1995 Te Reo Nihi marae, Te Hāpua
1997 Takahanga Marae, Kaikohe
1999 Pakirikiri Marae, Tokomaru Bay
2001 Kokohinau Marae, Te Teko
2003 Awhitu Marae,
Palmerston North
[12]
2005 Owae Marae,
Waitara
[13]
[14]
2007 Maraenui Marae,
Te Kaha
[15]
[16]
2009 Takitimu Marae,
Wairoa
[17]
[18]
2011 Maketu Marae,
Kawhia
[19]
2013 Rautahi Marae, Kawerau
2015 Roma Marae, Ahipara
2017 Te Wai-iti Marae, Rotoiti, Rotorua
2019 Ngā Hau e Whā Marae, Christchurch
Further reading
The gathering : a collection of writings from the weavers newsletters of Te Roopu Raranga Whatu o Aotearoa = Ngā kohikohinga . Brown, Cath., Waru, Bert., Nicholas, Garry., Toi Māori Aotearoa (Organization), Te Roopu Raranga/Whatu o Aotearoa. Wellington, N.Z.: Toi Māori Aotearoa. 2002.
ISBN
0-9582341-0-8 .
OCLC
155933249 .
Mai te whenua = Of the land. Te Roopu Raranga Whatu o Aotearoa. Rotorua Museum of Art & History. 2010
OCLC
696636700
Whiri toi : creation of our minds and hands in art.
Lala Rolls ; Island Productions.; Toi Māori Aotearoa.; Te Roopu Raranga Whatu o Aotearoa.; Creative New Zealand.
He rito, he ranga : kiekie : our taonga plant. Wellington : Te Roopu Raranga Whatu o Aotearoa. Toi Maori Aotearoa, 2009.
ISBN
978-0-9582341-2-2
Whatu Kākahu: Māori Cloaks Awhina Tamarapa (ed.), Te Roopu Raranga Whatu o Aotearoa.
Te Papa Press . 2011.
ISBN
978-1-877385-56-8
References
^
a
b
c
d Chloe Cull (2019). "Cath Brown:For Us and Our Children After Us". ATE Journal of Māori Art . 1 : 13–25.
ISSN
2624-4446 .
Wikidata
Q104516350 .
^ Chitham, Karl (2019).
Crafting Aotearoa : a cultural history of making in New Zealand and the wider Moana Oceania . Kolokesa Uafā Māhina-Tuai, Damian Skinner, Rigel Sorzano. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Papa Press. p. 337.
ISBN
978-0-9941362-7-5 .
OCLC
1118996645 . {{
cite book }}
: CS1 maint: date and year (
link )
^ Brown, Catherine (28 December 2020).
"Te Roopu Raranga Whatu o Aotearoa 1983 –" . New Zealand History .
Archived from the original on 27 December 2020.
^
"Weavers: Te Roopu Raranga O Whatu" . maoriart.org.nz . 2011. Archived from
the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2011 .
^ Chitham, Karl (2019).
Crafting Aotearoa : a cultural history of making in New Zealand and the wider Moana Oceania . Kolokesa Uafā Māhina-Tuai, Damian Skinner, Rigel Sorzano. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Papa Press. p. 337.
ISBN
978-0-9941362-7-5 .
OCLC
1118996645 . {{
cite book }}
: CS1 maint: date and year (
link )
^ Chitham, Karl (2019).
Crafting Aotearoa : a cultural history of making in New Zealand and the wider Moana Oceania . Kolokesa Uafā Māhina-Tuai, Damian Skinner, Rigel Sorzano. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Papa Press. p. 337.
ISBN
978-0-9941362-7-5 .
OCLC
1118996645 . {{
cite book }}
: CS1 maint: date and year (
link )
^ Chitham, Karl (2019).
Crafting Aotearoa : a cultural history of making in New Zealand and the wider Moana Oceania . Kolokesa Uafā Māhina-Tuai, Damian Skinner, Rigel Sorzano. Wellington, New Zealand. p. 338.
ISBN
978-0-9941362-7-5 .
OCLC
1118996645 . {{
cite book }}
: CS1 maint: date and year (
link ) CS1 maint: location missing publisher (
link )
^
"Kāhui Raranga" . Te Papa Tongarewa . Retrieved 5 February 2015 .
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"Edna Pahewa" . maoriartmarket.com . 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2011 . Emily Schuster
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"beehive.govt.nz - Closing of the Toi Māori Exhibition 'The Eternal Thread' " . beehive.govt.nz . 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2011 .
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"A History of Weavers National Hui 1983-2019" . Toi Māori Aotearoa Māori Arts New Zealand . 2020.
Archived from the original on 27 December 2020.
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"Weavers National Hui 2003" . 2011. Archived from
the original on February 20, 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2011 .
^
"Weavers National Hui 2005" . 2011. Archived from
the original on December 14, 2005. Retrieved 19 October 2011 .
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"Weavers to Gather in Waitara, Taranaki" . scoop.co.nz . 2006. Retrieved 19 October 2011 .
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"Weavers National Hui 2007" . 2011. Archived from
the original on February 20, 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2011 .
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"Community & Voluntary Sector - Weaving Together" . scoop.co.nz . 2007. Retrieved 19 October 2011 .
^
"Weavers National Hui 2009" . 2011. Archived from
the original on February 20, 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2011 .
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"Weavers National Hui 2009, Takitimu marae, Te Wairoa « Te Papa's Blog" . blog.tepapa.govt.nz . 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2011 .
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"Treasured weaving techniques detailed in beautiful new book" . scoop.co.nz . 2011. Retrieved 28 October 2011 .