Kahutoi Te Kanawa

Kahutoi Te Kanawa
Born	1960
Nationality	New Zealand
Occupation(s)	University teacher, weaver and textile artist
Known for	weaving and artworks
Mother	Diggeress Te Kanawa

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

• Smith, C. A., White, M., & Te Kanawa, K. (2011). The preservation of Māori textiles: Collaboration, research and cultural meaning. In Cultural Heritage/Cultural Identity–The Role of Conservation. Preprints of the 16th Triennial ICOM-CC Conference.
• Te Kanawa, K., (2009) Toi Maramatanga: a visual Māori art expression of meaning. Master of Arts thesis, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland.
• Te Kanawa, K. (2006). Mai i te ao kohatu: weaving – an artform derived from mātauranga Māori as a gift from the ancestors. In Turoua Ngā Whetū Research Colloquium. Te Tumu – School of Māori, Pacific and Indigenous Studies, University of Otago, Dunedin.
• Wood, B., Henare, A., Lander, M., and Te Kanawa, K. (2003). Visiting the house of gifts: the 1998 ‘Maori’ exhibition at the British Museum. Journal of New Zealand Literature 21: 83–101.

References

1. "Kanawa, Kahutoi Te". Find New Zealand Artists. Archived from the original on 5 February 2024. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
2. Tipa, Rob (October 2006). "Weaving Magic" (PDF). University of Otago Magazine (15). University of Otago: 23–25. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 February 2024. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
3. Kim, Whizy (June 2019). "People of the Land". Morning Calm. Photography by Erica Sinclair. Archived from the original on 28 December 2020.
4. Byrt, Anthony (28 November 2018). "Unwinding colonial legacies: Auckland Museum's transformation". Metro Magazine. Archived from the original on 22 October 2021.
5. "Meet: The Te Awe Team". Radio New Zealand. Produced by Auckland War Memorial Museum. 21 September 2020. Archived from the original on 19 November 2023. 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.