Jami Williams, Rangi Te Kanawa, Kahutoi Te Kanawa, Christina Wirihana, Awhina Tamarapa, Matekino Lawless, Lisa McKendry and Dr Maureen Lander viewing cloaks and rāpaki (waist garment). Photo: Tāmaki Paenga Hira / Auckland War Memorial Museum
The Te Awe Team is made up of Curators, Collection Technicians, Conservators, Storage Technicians and a dedicated photographer who care for the incredible variety of taonga Māori housed in the Museum.
Taumata Māreikura (The Weavers): Awhina Tamarapa, Te Hemo Ata Henare, Kahutoi Te Kanawa, Dr Maureen Lander, Matekino Lawless, Christina Wirihana, Rangi Te Kanawa.
The Te Awe Story is a video series created by Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland Museum.
Directed and edited by Tom Augustine and produced by Tom Augustine and Olivia Boswell.
Since 2013, an Auckland Museum team has led Te Awe, a project designed to conserve and improve the care of the Museum’s taonga Māori. The project was embedded in Mātauranga Māori and used the expertise of internal and external Māori specialists to help enrich the knowledge surrounding these precious taonga within the Museum.
The most recent phase of this ground-breaking project has been recorded and produced in a four-part mini series focussing on more than 5,000 textiles and items woven from plant materials, as well as collaboration with a Taumata Māreikura.
The Museum partnered with the Taumata Māreikura, a group made up of some of Aotearoa’s most skilled and experienced weavers, as part of a Mātauranga Māori approach, to explore the textiles and other items within the Museum’s collection.
Kate Blair, Karin Konold, Rangi Te Kanawa and Dr Maureen Lander examining the deterioration. Photo: Tāmaki Paenga Hira / Auckland War Memorial Museum
