Te Roopu Raranga Whatu o Aotearoa

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 Pacifica descent to meet, teach and learn from one another.[1]

Detail of border of kahu kiwi
Detail of bottom border of kahu kiwi, showing the distinctive hair-like structure of kiwi feathers.

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, was split into the Māori and Pacifika portions of the organisation.[1][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.[1]

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. 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] Christina Wirihana is the current chairperson and Te Hemo Ata Henare is the deputy chair.[4][5]

There is some overlap of personnel and events with Maori Women's Welfare League,[6] 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.[7]

  • 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[8]
  • 2005 Owae Marae, Waitara[9][10]
  • 2007 Maraenui Marae, Te Kaha[11][12]
  • 2009 Takitimu Marae, Wairoa[13][14]
  • 2011 Maketu Marae, Kawhia[15]
  • 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
  1. Chloe Cull (2019). "Cath Brown:For Us and Our Children After Us". ATE Journal of Māori Art (in English and Maori). 1: 13–25. ISSN 2624-4446. Wikidata Q104516350.
  2. Brown, Catherine (28 December 2020). "Te Roopu Raranga Whatu o Aotearoa 1983 –". New Zealand History. Archived from the original on 27 December 2020.
  3. "Weavers: Te Roopu Raranga O Whatu". maoriart.org.nz. 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  4. "Kāhui Raranga". Te Papa Tongarewa. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  5. "Edna Pahewa". maoriartmarket.com. 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2011. Emily Schuster
  6. "beehive.govt.nz - Closing of the Toi Māori Exhibition 'The Eternal Thread'". beehive.govt.nz. 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  7. "A History of Weavers National Hui 1983-2019". Toi Māori Aotearoa Māori Arts New Zealand. 2020. Archived from the original on 27 December 2020.
  8. "Weavers National Hui 2003". web.archive.org. 2011. Archived from the original on February 20, 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  9. "Weavers National Hui 2005". web.archive.org. 2011. Archived from the original on December 14, 2005. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  10. "Weavers to Gather in Waitara, Taranaki". scoop.co.nz. 2006. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  11. "Weavers National Hui 2007". web.archive.org. 2011. Archived from the original on February 20, 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  12. "Community & Voluntary Sector - Weaving Together". scoop.co.nz. 2007. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  13. "Weavers National Hui 2009". web.archive.org. 2011. Archived from the original on February 20, 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  14. "Weavers National Hui 2009, Takitimu marae, Te Wairoa « Te Papa's Blog". blog.tepapa.govt.nz. 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  15. "Treasured weaving techniques detailed in beautiful new book". scoop.co.nz. 2011. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
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