Māori Weaving with Erenora Puketapu-Hetet

Erenora was the daughter of Vera and Ihaia Puketapu. She was raised in the tribal settlement of her father’s people - the Ngāti Hamua of Te Atiawa at Waiwhetu in the Awakairangi -Hutt Valley.
 

Rangi and Erenora courted when Rangi worked on the wharenui Arohanui ki te Tangata at Waiwhetu in the late 1950s. They were the first couple to be married in the meeting house a month after it opened.
 

Erenora learned taaniko weaving with her sister-in-law, Jean Puketapu and rourou from other women in her whānau as a young teenager.
 

At 19 and as a new member of the Hetet whānau with an obvious interest in weaving, she was taken under the wing of Rangi's grandmother, Rangimarie, who taught Erenora raranga, whatu kākahu and other weaving skills.
 

Erenora was renowned as both a traditional weaver and a contemporary Maori artist and was highly regarded as a teacher of weaving. Her work can be found in public and private collections throughout the world and has been exhibited widely throughout Australia, the Pacific, Europe and North America.

At the time Erenora wrote this book, it was the first written from a weaver's perspective. A valuable resource for all weaving students, Māori Weaving with Erenora Puketapu-Hetet emphasises the importance of the spiritual side of Māori weaving, which cannot be separated from the manual skills. The book includes a guide to the many plants that can be used for weaving and dyeing and step-by-step instructions for weaving a kono, a headband and two kinds of traditional plaits.

Softcover | Publisher Hetet Press | Published 2016 | Pages 116 | ISBN 9780473371296

Author : Erenora Puketapu-Hetet
Dewey classification : 746.410993 

Publisher: Hetet Press

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