Kahutoi Mere Te Kanawa (born 1960) is a
New Zealand Māori university teacher, curator, weaver and
textile artist.
Her works have been collected and displayed both nationally and internationally.
She has worked as a senior lecturer at the
University of Otago and a curator at the
Auckland War Memorial Museum.
Te Kanawa is member of the Auckland War Memorial Museum
Te Awa project team.
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.
Personal life
Te Kanawa has tribal affiliations to
Ngāti Maniapoto,
Tainui (including
Ngāti Rārua) and
Ngāti Tūwharetoa.
She is the sister of
Rangi Te Kanawa
Rangituatahi Te Kanawa (married name Warnes) is a New Zealand textile conservator and weaver. She is affiliated with the Ngāti Maniapoto iwi.
Biography
Te Kanawa received a scholarship from the Department of Internal Affairs to train in c ...
, daughter of
Diggeress Te Kanawa
Diggeress Rangituatahi Te Kanawa (9 March 1920 – 30 July 2009) was a New Zealand Māori tohunga raranga (master weaver) of Ngāti Maniapoto and Ngāti Kinohaku descent. At the time of her death she was regarded as New Zealand's most renowned ...
and granddaughter of Dame
Rangimārie Hetet
Dame Rangimārie Hetet (née Hursthouse, 24 May 1892 – 14 June 1995) was a New Zealand Māori tohunga raranga (master weaver). She identified with the Ngati Maniapoto iwi.
Early life
Hetet was born in Oparure, King Country, New Zeala ...
.
Selected publications
* Smith, C. A., White, M., & Te Kanawa, K. (2011)
''The preservation of Māori textiles: Collaboration, research and cultural meaning.''In ''Cultural Heritage/Cultural Identity–The Role of Conservation.'' Preprints of the 16th Triennial ICOM-CC Conference.
* Te Kanawa, K., (2009) ''
Toi Maramatanga: a visual Māori art expression of meaning''. Master of Arts thesis, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland.
* Te Kanawa, K. (2006).
Mai i te ao kohatu: weaving – an artform derived from mātauranga Māori as a gift from the ancestors.' In Turoua Ngā Whetū Research Colloquium. Te Tumu – School of Māori, Pacific and Indigenous Studies, University of Otago, Dunedin.
* Wood, B., Henare, A., Lander, M., and Te Kanawa, K. (2003).
Visiting the house of gifts: the 1998 ‘Maori’ exhibition at the British Museum.' Journal of New Zealand Literature 21: 83–101.
References
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New Zealand curators
Living people
New Zealand Māori artists
New Zealand Māori weavers
Ngāti Maniapoto people
Women textile artists
Place of birth missing (living people)
Date of birth missing (living people)
New Zealand women curators
1960 births
Ngāti Rārua people
Ngāti Tūwharetoa people
Tainui people