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