Rokahurihia Ngarimu-Cameron

"Te Aho Ora: The Thread of Life"

Résumé

Outline:

Extensive experience in the art of Māori weaving including, but not limited to:

  • kete weaving ( flax baskets)
  • piupiu (taditional flax skirt)
  • whāriki (mats)
  • korowai (Māori cloaks)
  • tutoring in weaving
  • lecturing in weaving
Qualifications and Experience:
  • Twenty years of formal tutoring raranga(weaving)
  • Exhibited nationally and internationally — New Zealand, America, Australia, Canada, Fiji, Hawaii, Samoa
  • Recently qualified Master of Fine Arts — School of Fine Arts, Te Kura Matatini ki Otago
  • Registered Artist of  toi iho™
  • Passionate advocate to have the art of Māori weaving recognised globally
  • Proven record of raranga programme development
  • Responsible for a large group of weavers
Employment, Voluntary Work:
2008 Lecturer, Course Designer Te Tumu School of Māori Pacific & Indigenous Studies, University of Otago.
2006-2007 Course Designer Te Whare Wānanga O Aotearoa, Dunedin Campus
200-2005 Course Designer Te Whare Wānanga O Aotearoa, Opōtiki Campus
1990-Current Manager Te Whanau Arohanui Trust, Waitati, Dunedin
Affiliations:
2003-2007 Member Toi Māori Aotearoa National Committee - Te Roopu Raranga Whatu O Aotearoa
1993-1996 Member National Advisory Committee - Community Grants Scheme, Otago Southland Rep
1993-1997 Member Lottery Youth - Otago, Southland Rep
Exhibitions, Presentations:
2008 NZ Nā Kete a Rēhua - Inaugural Symposium, Te Wai Pounamu, Exhibitor, Presenter
2007 Aus Light Weight Exhibition - Australian National University, Canberra, Exhibitor, Presenter
2007 NZ Light Weight Exhibition - Te Kura Matatini ki Otago, Exhibitor, Presenter
2007 NZ Fashion Awards - Westfield Style Pacifica, Finalist
2007 NZ Te Wānanga o Aotearoa - Toi Awhio Research Symposium, Rotorua, Presenter
2006 NZ Toi Māori Aotearoa - Maungarongo Cloak. Member of group which created and gifted cloak to Toi Māori Aotearoa
2005 NZ Fibre and Fleece - Design winner, Māori Category
2005 USA Māori meets America - External Thread Exhibition, Salem Oregon. Member of group which created the Aramoana Cloak, now residing in San Francisco
     

 

loom

Rapaki Hieke takes shape
on a modern floor loom