Stunning new book on weaving launched by Maori Queen in San Francisco Over the weekend a new book about traditional and contemporary weaving, 'The Art of Maori Weaving' was launched in San Francisco ...

After the Maori welcome and the Poi and Haka are done, we have the chance to visit the rest of the Te Puia Cultural Center. Initially, Te Puia focused on traditional Maori hand crafts, especially ...

RENAISSANCE WOMEN: Dame Rangimarie Hetet (1892 – 1995) and her daughter Diggeress Te Kanawa (1920 -2009), who were both tohunga of mahi raranga whatu (traditional Maori weaving experts) The most ...

VISUALLY-impaired youngsters have been getting a taste of life on the other side of the world. Students at Henshaws College, Harrogate, have been learning about the ancient customs of the Maori people ...

Erenora Puketapu-Hetet weaving one of the many cloaks she made in her lifetime. Photo: Mark Tantrum / The-Dominion-Post Veranoa Hetet fingers a black woven cloak, her mother's last work before she ...

Visitors can learn the ancient Maori art of flax weaving at an event in Sandhurst Library tomorrow. The library in Broadway is hosting the demonstration of the craft which uses flax plant leaves to ...

LAURA Reihana and daughter Autumn are keen to share their love of Maori weaving. Ms Reihana said their workshops enabled participants to get back to nature. “It’s good for everyone. It’s going back to ...