Kahutoi Te Kanawa
Born1960
NationalityNew Zealand
Occupation(s)University teacher, weaver and textile artist
Known forweaving and artworks
Parent
  • Diggeress Te Kanawa (mother)

Kahutoi Mere Te Kanawa (born 1960)[1] is a New Zealand Māori university teacher, curator, weaver and textile artist.[2][3] Her works have been collected and displayed both nationally and internationally.[2] She has worked as a senior lecturer at the University of Otago and a curator at the Auckland War Memorial Museum.[2] Te Kanawa is member of the Auckland War Memorial Museum Te Awa project team.[4][5] This project uses the expertise of Māori specialists such as Te Kanawa to enrich the information on Māori taonga in the collection of the Museum.[5]

Personal life

Te Kanawa has tribal affiliations to Ngāti Maniapoto, Tainui (including Ngāti Rārua) and Ngāti Tūwharetoa.[6] She is the sister of Rangi Te Kanawa, daughter of Diggeress Te Kanawa and granddaughter of Dame Rangimārie Hetet.[3][4]

Selected publications

References

  1. "Kanawa, Kahutoi Te". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Tipa, Rob (October 2006). "Weaving Magic" (PDF). University of Otago Magazine. 15: 23–25.
  3. 1 2 Template, Henson (June 2019). "People of the Land". Whizykim.
  4. 1 2 Byrt, Anthony (28 November 2018). "Unwinding colonial legacies: Auckland Museum's transformation". Metro.
  5. 1 2 Auckland War Memorial Museum (21 September 2020). "Meet: The Te Awe Team". Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  6. Tamarapa, Awhina, ed. (August 2019). Whatu Kākahu: Māori Cloaks. Wellington: Te Papa Press. p. 217. ISBN 978-0-9951136-3-3. OCLC 1113678889. OL 44012499M. Wikidata Q122446219.
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