Te Roopu Raranga Whatu o Aotearoa explained

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.

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, [1] was split into the Māori and Pasifika portions of the organisation.[2] This split came about as a result of funding reasons - current Toi Māori Aotearoa funding is specifically targeted at Māori arts.[3] This split of groups occurred in 1994.[4]

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. [5] 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.[6] Christina Wirihana is the current chairperson and Te Hemo Ata Henare is the deputy chair.[7] [8]

There is some overlap of personnel and events with Māori Women's Welfare League,[9] 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.[10]

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Book: Chitham, Karl . Crafting Aotearoa : a cultural history of making in New Zealand and the wider Moana Oceania . 2019 . Te Papa Press . Kolokesa Uafā Māhina-Tuai, Damian Skinner, Rigel Sorzano . 2019 . 978-0-9941362-7-5 . Wellington, New Zealand . 337 . 1118996645.
  2. Web site: Brown. Catherine. 28 December 2020. Te Roopu Raranga Whatu o Aotearoa 1983 – . live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201227190004/https://nzhistory.govt.nz/women-together/te-roopu-raranga-whatu-o-aotearoa. 27 December 2020. New Zealand History.
  3. Web site: Weavers: Te Roopu Raranga O Whatu . maoriart.org.nz . 2011 . 19 October 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120304153600/http://www.maoriart.org.nz/weavers-c-52_75.html . 4 March 2012 .
  4. Book: Chitham, Karl . Crafting Aotearoa : a cultural history of making in New Zealand and the wider Moana Oceania . 2019 . Te Papa Press . Kolokesa Uafā Māhina-Tuai, Damian Skinner, Rigel Sorzano . 2019 . 978-0-9941362-7-5 . Wellington, New Zealand . 337 . 1118996645.
  5. Book: Chitham, Karl . Crafting Aotearoa : a cultural history of making in New Zealand and the wider Moana Oceania . 2019 . Te Papa Press . Kolokesa Uafā Māhina-Tuai, Damian Skinner, Rigel Sorzano . 2019 . 978-0-9941362-7-5 . Wellington, New Zealand . 337 . 1118996645.
  6. Book: Chitham, Karl . Crafting Aotearoa : a cultural history of making in New Zealand and the wider Moana Oceania . 2019 . Kolokesa Uafā Māhina-Tuai, Damian Skinner, Rigel Sorzano . 2019 . 978-0-9941362-7-5 . Wellington, New Zealand . 338 . 1118996645.
  7. Web site: Kāhui Raranga. Te Papa Tongarewa. 5 February 2015.
  8. Web site: Edna Pahewa . maoriartmarket.com . 2011 . Emily Schuster . 19 October 2011.
  9. Web site: beehive.govt.nz - Closing of the Toi Māori Exhibition 'The Eternal Thread' . beehive.govt.nz . 2011 . 20 October 2011.
  10. Web site: 2020. A History of Weavers National Hui 1983-2019. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201227191531/https://www.maoriart.org.nz/weavers-national-hui.html. 27 December 2020. Toi Māori Aotearoa Māori Arts New Zealand.
  11. Web site: Weavers National Hui 2003 . 2011 . 19 October 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110220033925/http://maoriart.org.nz/events/weavers_national_hui_2003 . February 20, 2011 .
  12. Web site: Weavers National Hui 2005 . 2011 . 19 October 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20051214215502/http://maoriart.org.nz/events/national_hui . December 14, 2005 .
  13. Web site: Weavers to Gather in Waitara, Taranaki . scoop.co.nz . 2006 . 19 October 2011.
  14. Web site: Weavers National Hui 2007 . 2011 . 19 October 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110220032822/http://maoriart.org.nz/events/weavers_hui_2007 . February 20, 2011 .
  15. Web site: Community & Voluntary Sector - Weaving Together. scoop.co.nz . 2007 . 19 October 2011.
  16. Web site: Weavers National Hui 2009 . 2011 . 19 October 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110220044331/http://maoriart.org.nz/events/weavers_hui_2009 . February 20, 2011 .
  17. Web site: Weavers National Hui 2009, Takitimu marae, Te Wairoa « Te Papa's Blog . blog.tepapa.govt.nz . 2011 . 19 October 2011.
  18. Web site: Treasured weaving techniques detailed in beautiful new book . scoop.co.nz . 2011 . 28 October 2011.

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