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A History of Te Roopu Raranga Whatu o Aotearoa

​Ngoi Pewhairangi convened the first national hui of Māori and Pasifika weavers at Tokomaru Bay in 1983. The hui attracted over five hundred weavers widely representative of all iwi and New Zealand-based Pasifika weaving communities and acknowledged the importance of weaving together and exchanging knowledge. They also saw the importance of promoting weaving at government art level and made a recommendation to establish a Weavers committee as part of the Māori and South Pacifics Arts Council (MASPAC), on which Pewhairangi was a member.
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​Aotearoa Moananui a Kiwa Weavers was formally established in 1983 and fast became a major force in the development and profile of Māori art in Aotearoa and abroad. 
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Te Moana Nui a Kiwa Hui at Pakirikiri Marae, Tokomaru Bay 1983.
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The Eternal Thread exhibition opening at San Francisco, USA 2005.
The Aotearoa Moananui a Kiwa Weavers reformed into two separate committees in 1989 with Māori weavers taking the name Te Roopu Raranga Whatu o Aotearoa.
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In 1996, Emily Schuster, the chair of Te Roopu Raranga Whatu, was a signatory for the foundational Trust Deed of the independent Māori arts organisation, Toi Māori Aotearoa, with Te Roopu Raranga Whatu being one of the eight original art form committees who remain central to the direction, operation and activity of Toi Māori Aotearoa today.
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History of Weavers National Hui
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  • Toi Tū Toi Ora Toi Māori
    • About Us >
      • Previous Annual Reports
    • Our Trustees >
      • Trevor Maxwell CNZM
      • Tracey Morgan
      • Ranui Ngarimu ONZM
      • Robert Gabel
      • Tā Derek Lardelli
      • Lady Rose Gould-Lardelli
      • James George
    • Committees >
      • Carving >
        • Māori Markings Tā Moko Exhibition
        • Whakairo National Hui 2023
      • Music >
        • Pao Pao Pao History
      • Performing Arts
      • Tā Moko
      • Tikanga
      • Visual Arts
      • Waka >
        • Waitangi Waka Pageant
        • International Waka Paddlers
      • Weaving >
        • Weavers National Hui 2023
        • Kete >
          • TMA Kete 15
          • TMA Kete 10 & 11
          • TMA Kete 13 & 27
          • TMA Kete 2-6
      • Writing >
        • Te Hā Kaituhi Māori 2019
        • Te Whē - Bilingual Māori literature journal launches in Te Reo heartland
    • Ngā Tangata >
      • Tai Awatea >
        • Derek Lardelli
        • Kahui Whiritoi
        • Rangi Kipa
        • Anaru Irwin
        • Namaka Kerr
        • Sonia Snowden
        • Robert Gabel
      • Tai Ahiahi >
        • Waana Morrell Davis
        • Hekenukumai Busby
        • Hirini Melbourne
        • Emily Schuster
        • Rangikawehea Sinclair Paul
        • Saana Waitai Murray
  • Toi Māori Projects
    • MAI Programme
    • Te Hono ki Aotearoa >
      • Te Hono ki Aotearoa - 10th Anniversary
    • Hinemoana Waka >
      • Hinemoana Story
      • Hinemoana Waka History
      • Hinemoana Activities and Events
    • Annual Tribal Canoe Journeys >
      • Aotearoa To Canada: A Tribal Canoe Journey
    • Toi Māori: The Eternal Thread - Te Aho Mutunga Kore >
      • The Eternal Thread Tour
      • The Art of Māori Weaving Book
  • Toi Māori Gallery
  • Contact