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- Diggeress Te Kanawa
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- Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
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Diggeress Te Kanawa (Ngāti Maniapoto) was a leader in the revival of Māori weaving that began in the 1950s. Her mother Rangimārie Hetet was also an expert traditional weaver and passed on her skills while her daughter was still very young. Diggeress married Tana Te Kanawa and they raised 12 children in Te Kūiti. She deliberately used a wide range of techniques in her cloaks as a way of ensuring their survival. She and her mother were asked to teach customary weaving by the Māori Women's Welfa...
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- Date created
- 4 March 2013
- Creator
- Norman Heke
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- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
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- https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/40990/diggeress-te-kanawa
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