He Tukutuku Auahatanga : Maureen Lander with Community

Govett-Brewster Art Gallery 14 Jun - 12 Oct 2025. He Tukutuku Auahatanga presents new and existing collaborative installations conceived by Dr. Maureen Lander MNZM (Ngāpuhi, Te Hikutū) and made with community through processes of relational and intergenerational knowledge transmission and regeneration. A celebrated multi-media artist, Lander is well known for her fibre installations that are inextricably interwoven with the location, context, and community for which her works are created. Across this exhibition, she weaves together concepts, images and materials that explore enduring relationships between people, place, and material culture. There has been over 70 local tamariki and 32 weavers from across the motu have collaborated to make the works on display. The exhibition also includes kete on loan from the Puke Ariki Museum collection.

Updated June 18, 2025
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Te puna waiora : the distinguished weavers of Te K?hui Whiritoi
Te Awekotuku, Ngahuia
Paper Book
"The weavers of Te Kahui Whiritoi are the senior Mori weavers of Aotearoa New Zealand. Here, their works and stories reveal the complexity and beauty of raranga, placing te whare pora, the house of weaving, at the centre of Mori life, where it connects the weaver to their whakapapa and whenua, their...
Te whatu t?niko : t?niko weaving : technique and tradition
Mead, Sidney M.
Paper Book
Sir Hirini Moko Mead's book on taniko weaving, Te Whatu Taniko, Taniko Weaving: Tradition and Technique is recognised as a key reference work to this important tradition of Maori craft. First published in 1958 and in its previous edition in 1999, the book serves as a reference work to artists,...
Fun with flax : 50 projects for beginners
Pendergrast, Mick
Paper Book
These 50 interesting and entertaining projects are designed to teach beginners the basic skills of the Maori craft of plaiting.Fun with Flax shows how to make items ranging from a simple windmill, a dart and a whistle to more complex puzzles, balls, birds, fish and even a caterpillar. Each...
Ng? kupenga a Nanny Rina
Matata-Sipu, Qiane
Paper Book
He kairaranga pūhara a Nanny Rina, ka taea te raranga i nga momo kupenga katoa! Ka patai ana tana mokopuna, a Haeata te Kapua, mo nga kupenga ka rarangahia hei powhiri i te tau hou, ka tohua e Nanny me pēhea te whai i nga whetū o Matariki hei arahi i tana mahi kupenga.
Whatu k?kahu = M?ori cloaks
Tamarapa, Awhina
Paper Book
A CELEBRATION OF THE SCIENCE AND ART OF MAORI WEAVING, FOCUSED ON THE LARGEST COLLECTION OF MAORI CLOAKS IN THE WORLD Weaving is more than just a product of manual skills. From the simple rourou (food basket) to the prestigious kahukiwi (kiwi feather cloak), weaving is endowed with the very essence...
Flax Weaving for Children of all Ages - Te Raranga Harakeke ma nga Tamariki Katoa
Brown, Ali.
Paper Book
Te kuia me te p?ng?werewere = The kuia and the spider
Grace, Patricia
Paper Book
A bilingual Maori and English edition of Patricia Grace and Robyn Kahukiwa's award-winning picture book. Tēra tētahi kuia ko tana mahi he raranga whariki, raranga kete hoki. I te koko o tona kīhini e noho ana he pūngawerewere ...
Sight lines: women and art in Aotearoa / Kirsty Baker
Paper Book
From ancient whatu kakahu to contemporary installation art, Frances Hodgkins to Merata Mita, Fiona Clark to Mataaho Collective, Sight Lines tells the story of art made by women in Aotearoa. Gathered here are painters, photographers, performers, sculptors, weavers, textile artists, poets and...
Toi t?, toi ora : contemporary M?ori art
Borell, Nigel
Paper Book
Maori art is unique among all art movements, and to Aotearoa New Zealand. Drawing on centuries of indigenous knowledge and skill, it reflects a Maori world view, life in this land and the debates that continue to shape it. Based on the ground-breaking 2020-21 exhibition staged by...
Te manu huna a T?ne
Gillam, Jenny
Paper Book
This special photo book documents a wananga or class for three generations of women from Ngati Torehina Ki Mataka to learn the customary practice of pelting North Island brown kiwi so their feathers can be used for weaving. This passing on of customary knowledge developed out of a partnership...
Fun and functional flax weaving
Brown, Ali
Paper Book
Creating useful and decorative pieces with natural materials is extremely enjoyable and satisfying. Many of the projects in this book can be achieved by those with little or no weaving experience, and there are projects that require some previous weaving knowledge for those who want to extend their...
Mataora : the living face : contemporary Maori art
Adsett, Sandy
Paper Book
This text presents a comprehensve artistic, cultural and political statement about the state of contemporary Maori art.
Kakahu : Maori cloaks
Pendergrast, Mick
Paper Book
Toi te Mana : a history of M?ori art
Brown, Oeidre.
Paper Book
He toi whakairo, he mana tangata.Through artistic excellence, there is human dignity. Toi Te Mana is a landmark account of Maori art from the time of the tupuna (ancestors) to the present day. In 600 pages and over 500 extraordinary images, this volume invites readers to climb on to the waka for a...
Atua Wahine: The ancient wisdom of Maori goddesses
Tapiata, Hana.
Paper Book
Ancient wisdom of the Māori goddesses to help you navigate the modern world Atua wāhine are the Māori goddesses who make up the world around us: earth, fire, water, the moon and more. From the earth mother, Papatūānuku, who sustains and...
Weaving flowers from New Zealand flax
Brown, Ali
Paper Book
Contains detailed instructions for weaving many different flower and foliage designs as well as tips on choosing leaves for weaving, how to gather the flax, equipment used, and information on the dyeing of flax. The book also gives examples of floral arrangements and provides inspiration for adding...
Weaving baskets, backpacks, boxes and other projects with diagonal weaving techniques
Brown, Ali
Paper Book
"This book includes instructions for weaving a full range of baskets as well as instructions for weaving boxes, vases and pots, shoulder bags and backpacks"--Taken from Introduction."This book includes instructions for weaving a full range of baskets as well as instructions for weaving boxes, vases...
M?ori carving : the art of recording M?ori history
Mulholland, Malcolm
Paper Book
The carving book follows a similar outline, with an emphasis on the wide variety of carved objects produced using the same techniques. Of the uses of carving, most attention is given to carved houses. A significant part of the book deals with how to read a carving ¿ seeing and interpreting details...
M?ori weaving : the art of creating M?ori textiles
Bidois, Vanessa
Paper Book
Since their ancestors arrived in Aotearoa New Zealand and discovered the useful properties of harakeke (New Zealand flax), Māori have used flax leaves to create baskets, mats, housing materials, clothing and cords, ropes and fishing nets. In weaving and the patterns used, Māori record...
Kete whakairo : plaiting flax for beginners
Ngawaka, Margaret Rose
Paper Book
Anyone can learn to plait a kete whakairo from the long blades of harakeke, commonly known as New Zealand flax. This book Kete Whakairo plaiting flax for beginners gives detailed, step by step instructions and illustrations for plaiting a beginner's version of this type...
Ng?tokimatawhaorua : the biography of a waka
Evans, Jeff
Paper Book
This is the biography of the mighty ceremonial waka taua Ngatokimatawhaorua that rests on the Treaty Grounds at Waitangi. The inspiration for its construction came from Te Puea Herangi. In the late 1930s the Waikato leader held a dream to build seven waka taua for the 1940 centennial commemorations...
Te Motunui Epa
Buchanan, Rachel
Paper Book
'This is a story about the power of art to help us find a way through the darkness. It is about how art can bring out the best in us, and the worst. The artworks in question are five wooden panels carved in the late 1700s by relatives in Taranaki.' Commissioned, created, mounted, dismantled, hidden,...
Greenstone carving : techniques and concepts in pounamu
Gale, Len
Paper Book
This concise guide to the art of greenstone carving, out of print for the past 20 years, returns in a smartly designed, fully illustrated new edition. Greenstone Carving takes readers from the origins of pounamu/greenstone through the basics of the artform -- design, tools and...
The art of Maori carving = Te toi whakairo
Mead, Sidney M.
Paper Book
Te Toi Whakairo is the definitive introduction to Maori woodcarving. It explores the evolution of styles and techniques, and provides detailed explanations of styles in different parts of Aotearoa New Zealand. Later chapters delve into the main structures, forms and motifs, the role of the...
Modern women flight of time
Waite, Julia.
Paper Book
"Modern Women: Flight of Time is a stunning new publication that cements a previously understudied history of modern art in Aotearoa New Zealand: that of modern women artists. Profiling 44 innovative artists, this book places women in the front and centre of New Zealand modernism and explores their...
E ng? uri whakatupu : weaving legacies : Dame Rangimarie Hetet and Diggeress Te Kanawa
Te Awekotuku, Ngahuia
Paper Book
Describes the Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato exhibition, 'E nga uri whakatupu, Weaving legacies : Dame Rangimarie Hetet and Diggeress Rangituatahi Te Kanawa', which ran from 29th June 2014 to 28th July 2015 and was the most significant collection of Maori korowai and weaving ever shown in...
M?ori art and design : a guide to classic weaving, painting, carving and architecture
Paama-Pengelly, Julie
Paper Book
For early Maori, art was inseparable from daily life, whether it was the pattern on a sculpted spade handle or the magnificently carved prow of a war canoe. Julie Paama-Pengelly traces the evolution of art and design in historic Maori culture and brings that art to life, focusing on four major...
The carver and the artist : M?ori art in the twentieth century
Skinner, Damian
Paper Book
This investigation into modernist Maori art examines the key artists of the period, such as Arnold Wilson, Para Matchitt, and Selwyn Muru, and others who helped establish a visual response to the rapid urbanization of Maori lands and culture throughout the...
Te whatu taniko : taniko weaving : technique and tradition
Mead, Sidney M.
Paper Book
Author Hirini Mead is an accomplished carver and knows this subject thoroughly. Here he covers the history and howto of weaving.
The art of M?ori weaving : the eternal thread = te aho mutunga kore
Evans, Miriama.
Paper Book
This is a beautifully presented book featuring some stunning images and concise accounts of the concepts and values of traditional and contemporary Maori weaving. Featuring some of New Zealand's foremost Maori expert weavers, The Eternal Thread: The Art of Maori Weaving celebrates innovation...
Rauru : Tene Waitere, M?ori carving, colonial history
Waitere, Tene
Paper Book
Tene Waitere of Ngati Tarawhai (1854-1931) was the most innovative Maori carver of his time; his works reached global audiences decades before the globalization of culture became a fashionable topic. Rauru is the highlight of a famous anthropological museum in Germany. Hinemihi, the...
Tohunga whakairo : Paki Harrison : the story of a master carver
Walker, Ranginui.
Paper Book
Paki Harrison is widely regarded as New Zealand's greatest living master carver, a man with a huge reputation as a leading tohunga of the art form. He possesses immense knowledge about the traditional arts of the carver, extending way beyond the actual physical arts to include its most ancient...
M?ori art for kids
Noanoa, Julie
Paper Book
This collection of 15 projects offers children aged 7 and over a range of unique Maori art experiences. Practical skills cover sculpture, photography, design, paint, mixed media, collage and more. Easy-to-follow instructions include illustrations of the steps involved, using everyday craft materials...

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