Weaving whariki

Weaving whariki is very strenuous on thebody, but it teaches the weavers how to awhi, tautoko andmanaaki one and other. In 1980 Katerina started makingkorowai, her ultimate passion. She says weaving korowai iseasier on the body than whariki weaving and is verytherapeutic.In this same period Katerina Rosetta Stone software started learningNga waiata tawhito o Mataatua. She had the privilege ofbeing taught by an uncle, Wetini Moko, a respected kaumatuaof Te Pahipoto at the time. When Wetini passed away in1978, Katerina felt it was her duty to pass on the gift ofwaiata that he had given to her. She started conductingMarae based wananga for those interested in learning. Todate she has taught waiata to members of the 8 hapu in theRangitaiki, 3 other Ngati Awa hapu, members of Tuwharetoa kiKawerau and Ngati Rangitihi in Matata. Apart fromcourses at Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi in waiata tawhitoand Marae Tikanga., all the other classes, courses andwananga Katerina has run have been voluntary. She also did6 years of voluntary work for IHC, and is always ready tohelp any Marae in her rohe should she be asked. She wasalso made an Honorary Community Officer in the early 80's,and was part of the official Mataatua contingent that tookthe 'Te Maori exhibition to St Louis.Katerina was afounding member/Kaiako of Kokohinau Kohanga Reo in 1982, afounding and existing member of Putauaki Maori Women'sWelfare League and is an active member on many committees,too numerous to mention. At 76 she has a busier schedulethan many 20 year olds, and it is a standing joke with herfamily that they have to make an appointment to come andvisit her, or watch Te Karere as she is often seen atdifferent functions around the country. John BevanFordNgati Raukawa ki Kapiti, Palmerston NorthVisualartsJohn Bevan Ford was born in Christchurch in 1930 Rosetta Stone Greek butmoved with his family to Wellington as a teenager. It was amove that brought him closer to his mother's people NgatiRaukawa ki Kapiti.His background is not only as an artistbut as an art educator. Initially he trained as a primaryschool teacher but received specialist training in order tobe part of the art advisory service. He was one of a groupof Maori artists that emerged as art educators in the late1950s and established the pathway for Maori art to be taughtin schools.He retained his interest in the educationsector throughout his working life - retiring in 1991 fromthe Maori studies department at Massey University.He isknown as a traditional carver as well as a major figure incontemporary Maori art. His work is included in most publiccollections in New Zealand and has been part of a number ofinternational collections including the British Museum wherehe was an artist in residence in October 1998.Hisinternational experiences have included selection toparticipate in 2001 Changchun International SculptureSymposium in China in 2001. A 5 metre stone sculpture wascreated in red granite for the city of Changchun.MajorMaori projects and commissions have included the CarvedMeeting House, "Te Aroha o Aohanga" in Wairarapa and "TeMarae o Hine" - a series of major sculptures commissioned bythe Palmerston North City Council for Rangitane MaoriCommitteeWhai HitchinerNgati Porou,GisborneWeavingWhai Hitchiner was born in Ruatoria on19 March 1923. Her mother died when she was nine and it washer stepmother Horiana Maru who taught her how to weave whenshe was about 12."We made kumara kits because we werestill planting kumara. But I didn't learn the kits straightaway. She made me do the preparation first and she did allthe weaving until I was 17. She kept saying 'you're notready', but they went away one weekend and I got crackingand made my own kit. She was quite surprised."Weavingtook a back seat while she was bringing up her family butwhen her children from her second marriage reached highschool age in the late 1960s, her interest was rekindled. Since then, she Rosetta Stone Hindi V3 hasn't looked back and when she returned toGisborne following the death of her husband in 1973, shefound herself in the middle of a weaving boom.For aboutten years she taught formerly at what is now the TairawhitiPolytechnic but it is her involvement in the NukutereWeaving group for which she is renowned for throughout theregion.