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Rangimārie Hetet

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328:(finely processed flax weaving). From that the 1950s onwards Hetet began to regularly produce cloaks and other items. Hetet also passed on her detailed knowledge of the different types of flax and other plants that provide the material to be weaved as well as how to produce and fix dyes to the fibres in preparation for weaving. 331:
Hetet's work is known for the precise use of traditional weaving methods and materials In the 1960s it has been said she was "probably the greatest living proponent of korowai (cloak weaving); in her lifetime she was instrumental in the preservation and resurgence of traditional Māori weaving."
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made by Hetet in 1993, when she was 100 years old. The kete is made from undyed flax woven in a plain check, and a three-strand braid beginning at the bottom. It has handles made of braided flax-fibre. The Otago Museum holds a kete, whatu huruhuru, made by Hetet using flax fibre and pheasant
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group, they were part of a small and significant number of experts who supported 'the survival of Māori weaving as an art form in modern times'. At the time tradition held that weavers should only teach members of their
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started; Hetet was a founding member. The League's original intentions included preserving Māori arts and crafts and there was an acknowledgement that the skills were in danger of dying out. Hetet and her daughter
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at the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts in Wellington. The Academy had at that time an exhibition containing a "guest artist" section with works loaned by Hetet,
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Hetet was married to a carpenter Tuheka Taonui Hetet from 16 February 1911 until his death in 1938. They had two children before he went to fight in
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Fellowship, and in 1978 a Bank of New Zealand Weaving Award. She received the Mediawoman Award in 1982, and in 1986 an honorary doctorate from the
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Nga Taonga no Nga Wahine : A Celebration of the traditional weaving and plaiting skills of Maori women
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Hetet was made a life member of the Māori Women's Welfare League. In 1974 Hetet was awarded a
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As her father was generally away for survey work, Hetet grew up amongst Ngati Kinohaku, a
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Standing in the sunshine : a history of New Zealand women since they won the vote
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E Nga Uri Whakatupu - Weaving Legacies: Dame Rangimarie Hetet and Diggeress Te Kanawa,
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taught classes in weaving to share knowledge and expertise wider than their own
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Native School and then Oparure Native School. She was taught the art of weaving
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Treasures from the land : crafts from New Zealand, Barry Brickell ...
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The art of Māori weaving : the eternal thread = te aho mutunga kore
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to showcase and pass on the knowledge of Hetet and Diggeress Te Kanawa.
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In 2017, Hetet was selected as one of the Royal Society Te Apārangi's "
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Works in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
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for her descendants imploring them to uphold traditional Māori arts.
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and Mere Te Rongopāmamao Aubrey. Te Rongopāmamao's mother was of
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In 1982 Te Ohaki Māori Village and Crafts Centre was opened in
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New Zealand Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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Recipients of the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993
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Māori art : history, architecture, landscape and theory
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Rangimarie Hetet and Diggeress Te Kanawa: Korowai Weavers,
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Dorota Starzecka; Roger Neich; Mick Prendergrast (2010).
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Pū Manawa: a celebration of whatu, raranga, and tāniko
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Index

Rangi Hetet
DBE
King Country
Charles Wilson Hursthouse
Diggeress Te Kanawa
Rangi Hetet
Veranoa Hetet
Richmond Hursthouse
DBE
Māori weaving
Oparure
King Country
Charles Wilson Hursthouse
Ngāti Kinohaku
Richmond Hursthouse
Henry Richmond
hapū
Ngāti Maniapoto
Piopio
Kāwhia
Te Kūiti
korowai
kete
World War I
Māori Battalion (A Company)
Rangi Te Kanawa
Veranoa Hetet
Māori Women's Welfare League
Diggeress Te Kanawa
iwi

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