Whiria Ngā Wawata

The graduating tauira of the Maunga Kura Toi weaving programme at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa share their raranga works with you. The programme encompasses all aspects of Māori weaving and maintains the practices and techniques of the ancestors.

Whiria is the act of intertwining, bringing together lineage, creativity, and purpose. While Wawata embodies the aspirations that guide each weaver’s journey.

This exhibition honours the deep whakapapa of weaving and contributes to the living art of raranga as a contemporary expression. Layer upon layer, each generation of weavers reveals itself through their work and the stories it carries.

Nā ngā tauira whakapōtae o Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, o te hotaka o Maunga Kura Toi, te whakaaturanga raranga nei. Kei te whakanui te whakaaturanga nei i te mātauranga tuku iho nei mo ngā ahuatanga katoa o te toi rāranga.

He kupu a Whiria mo te whakaputahitanga o te whakapapa me te kōrero me te mahi toi.  He kupu a Wawata mo te whakaaro o ia kai rāranga mo te wāheke.

Kei te whakahōnore te whakaaturanga nei i te oranganui o te mahi raranga, he ihiihi.  Ko ia reanga kai rāranga, ka whakaatu i te kōrero me te whakaaro o te wā i roto i tā rātou mahi.

Artwork credit: Shay-Marie Peneha (Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Maniapoto), Korowai hihimā, 2025