Publication Details Hard cover, 275 x 255mm, 212 pages. ISBN: 978-1-877375-71-2
Author and/or Editor name/s Ngāhuia Te Awekōtuku, Donna Campbell, Nathan Pōhio and Awhina Tamarapa, with forewords by Dame Patsy Reddy and Ranui Ngarimu
Author and/or Editor bio/s Ngāhuia Te Awekōtuku is an Emeritus Professor whose works on culture, gender, heritage and sexuality have been published and acclaimed locally and internationally. Donna Campbell (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Ruanui) is an academic, artist and researcher, and a senior lecturer in Māori and Indigenous Studies at the University of Waikato. Nathan Pōhio is an artist and curator at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. Awhina Tamarapa is a curator, researcher and writer concerned with the maintenance of Māori cultural practice and the role of museums.
Year of Publication 2021
Publisher Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, Ōtautahi Christchurch
Abstract The story of Māori weaving is one of great skill, determination and survival. When colonisation threatened Māori society, the women continued to weave. When their taonga plant species were threatened, they advocated for their land and resources. Against overwhelming odds, they upheld the mana and traditions of raranga, passing down their skills and knowledge to ensure that this vital practice thrives in our contemporary world.
In this book, the works and stories of the senior weavers of Te Kāhui Whiritoi show the complexity and beauty of raranga, placing te whare pora, the house of weaving, at the centre of Māori life, where it connects the weaver to their whakapapa and whenua, their whānau, iwi and tūpuna.
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