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New materials and local innovation, 1993

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New materials and local innovation, 1993

Jasmine Underhill and Vaine Ngaro, members of the Porirua Cook Island Community Group, show off hats made for a 1993 exhibition celebrating the centenary of women gaining the vote in New Zealand. The hats were woven with raffia, coconut palm fronds or plastic bread bags. 

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1993/2491

by Ray Pigney

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Kolokesa U. Māhina-Tuai, Pacific arts in New Zealand – Pacific grassroots arts, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/44255/new-materials-and-local-innovation-1993 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Kolokesa U. Māhina-Tuai, published 18 February 2014.