Story: Māori weaving and tukutuku – te raranga me te whatu

More links and websites

• The art of the whare pora

  An article by ethnologist Elsdon Best, published in the Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute in 1898.

• The Maori craft of netting

  An article about traditional fishing nets, by Te Rangi Hīroa (Peter Buck), published in the Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 1926.

• Māori weaving and fibre arts

  Resources about weaving, tukutuku and harakeke (flax), from Christchurch City Libraries, including a section about the newly established pā harakeke at Janet Stewart Reserve in Christchurch.

• National Weaving School

  Te Rito, the National Weaving School, is part of Te Puia, the National Māori Arts and Crafts Institute.

• Weavers

  This page on the Toi Māori Aotearoa site features Māori weavers.

More suggestions and sources

• Evans, Miriama, and Ranui Ngarimu. The art of Māori weaving: the eternal thread: te aho mutunga kore. Wellington: Huia, 2005.
• Prendergast, Mick. Te aho tapu: The sacred thread. Auckland: Reed Methuen, 1987.
• Puketapu-Hetet, Erenora. Maori weaving. Auckland: Pitman, 1989.
• Tamati-Quennell, Megan, ed. Pu manawa: A celebration of whatu, raranga and tāniko. Wellington: Museum of New Zealand, 1993.
• Tamarapa, Awhina. Whatu kākahu: Māori cloaks. Wellington: Te Papa Press, 2011.