31-492: Puketapu is a Māori language word meaning sacred hill , and may refer to: People [ edit ] Erenora Puketapu-Hetet (1941–2006), weaver Īhāia Puketapu (1887–1971), Te Āti Awa leader Ihakara Puketapu , Te Āti Awa leader (son of Ihaia Porutu Puketapu) Jean Puketapu (1931–2012), Māori language activist Priyani Puketapu (born 1990), beauty queen Places [ edit ] Puketapu (Otago) ,
62-516: A pool of applicants to learn Māori Arts and Crafts on a modest scholarship traditionally funded by tourism. Because the aim of the Institute is revival of the culture within communities, applicants are expected to be Māori practitioners of traditional arts, with the strongest applications coming with iwi-tono or tribal support. Graduates are expected to serve their tribes and communities. List of graduates: Graduate name (School, Nth intake) Each of
93-703: A prominent hill above the town of Palmerston Puketapu, Hawke's Bay , a rural community in the Hastings District Schools [ edit ] Puketapu School in New Plymouth Puketapu School in Hawkes Bay Other [ edit ] Puketapu Radio based in Palmerston, New Zealand Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
124-478: A result of the second world war. The Rotorua Maori Arts and Crafts Institute Act 1963 founded the school as a legal entity, and the act was amended by the New Zealand Maori Arts and Crafts Institute Amendment Act 1967 which changed it from a local to a national institute, by removing most references to Rotorua . Since the spelling of Maori has changed to Māori as part of an effort to make
155-559: A significant tourist attraction in Rotorua , Aotearoa . A predominant artform of the Māori people is whakairo , carving, referred to by some as the written language of the Māori. The National Wood Carving school, Te Wānanga Whakairo Rākau o Aotearoa , was opened in 1967 and has since restored and built over 40 whare whakairo around New Zealand. The first Tumu (head) of the Carving school
186-531: A skill. It exists within a whole body of knowledge and that body of knowledge exists and is held by a whole community of people, by a whole nationhood of people." In 1990, Puketapu-Hetet was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal . She was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2002 New Year Honours , for services to weaving. She was appointed to the board of
217-432: A successor school to the previous national school for woodcarving (wānanga whakairo) in Rotorua , New Zealand. The original Institute had been established in 1926 by Sir Āpirana Ngata to combat the impending threat of the loss of traditional Māori arts. The new school continued the tradition in a location well-established for traditional Māori arts and crafts. The location of the schools at Whakarewarewa enabled access to
248-413: Is now headed by Stacy Gordine, a master carver or tōhunga whakairo of Ngāti Porou descent. Traditional Māori textiles and weaving was an artform taught at the Institute, often referred to in the Māori language as raranga . The weaving school named Te Whare Raranga was established in 1967 by the head of the school (Te Tumu Raranga ) Emily Schuster . It was renamed Te Rito in 1988. Schuster stayed as
279-517: Is the largest Māori carved structure in existence at 30m across and over 13m high. More than 20 of the staff and students at NZMACI worked a total of over 15,000 hours to complete. The symbols used are relevant to the history of performing arts in Aotearoa. Te Māhau was debuted in 2012. An international commemoration of War Dead located at Passchendaele Memorial Park in Zonnebeke , Belgium ,
310-479: The Member of Parliament for Eastern Maori which included Rotorua . The school focused on teaching traditional Māori arts and crafts. Ngata believed that arts was vital to the rejuvenation of Māori culture . He imbedded into the training an orthodoxy that privileged certain patterns and excluded others. The school was located near the geyser field at Whakarewarewa outside of Rotorua . The original school closed as
341-588: The Māori language phonetic. Since the Māori Renaissance of the 1980s and 1990s, Māori traditions have had more impact on contemporary art in New Zealand, leading to a blurring of the lines between art , fine arts and Māori art. The Institute exhibits at events such as Māori Art Market but its teaching and output continue to focus on more traditional items. The Institute can be visited through Te Puia
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#1732793540993372-555: The Māori renaissance . Over 40 marae have been built or restored under the auspices of NZMACI, and countless more by graduates. The first cohort began with artwork for local businesses before moving on to restoration and replacement of carvings on Māori churches and meeting houses. The Institute was responsible for carving the Māhau stage used for the world’s largest Māori cultural festival, Te Matatini . Made from over 26 tonnes of native wood, 5 tonnes of steel and 36 tonnes of concrete it
403-636: The New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute in 2004. She was a member of the Queen Elizabeth Arts Council of New Zealand . New Zealand M%C4%81ori Arts and Crafts Institute The New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute (NZMACI) is an indigenous traditional art school located in Rotorua New Zealand. It operates the national schools of three major Māori art forms. NZMACI opened in 1963 as
434-558: The Hemo Gorge roundabout near the location of the Institute. The project was jointly funded by NZTA under their policy of creating art alongside new road works with further support by the Rotorua District Council. Te Ahi Tūpua, along with Pōhutu Geyser and the district’s lakes now forms the basis for the emblem of the city and district of Rotorua . Reanga or intakes are cohorts of 1-4 students selected from
465-609: The Māori world and the European cultural institutions, leading to her featuring in a number of weaving-related works. Among other places, a number of her art works are in Te Papa's collection, and the British Museum holds a pair of poi made by Puketapu-Hetet in 1995 and a kete muka (woven bag) made in 1994. The kete is made of flax fibre dyed black, woven in double-row twining, with two rows of pheasant feathers along
496-592: The People (2000), a documentary by Robin Greenberg , premiered at the New Zealand Film Festival before airing on television. In it Puketapu-Hetet and her family discuss "learning the disciplines of weaving and the importance of passing this gift on" to her descendants and the artists "of tomorrow." More provocatively, given weaving's cultural significance within traditional Māori culture and
527-464: The Pou Maumahara is an 8 metre, 17 tonne woodcarving which was carved from a kauri log at NZMACI. The project was driven by Belgian architect Freddy DeClerck. The Pou Maumahara was designed by Tumu Whakarae Clive Fugill and carved under the leadership of Tumu Whakairo James Rickard by the staff and students of Te Wānanga Whakairo o Aotearoa. The process took more than four years and the pou
558-528: The Rotorua tourist market, which has allowed the Institute to operate with financial independence for the majority of its history. The school is associated with tours which have been guided through the Whakarewarewa Valley since the mid-19th century, now under the umbrella of Te Puia . The New Zealand School of Māori Arts and Crafts (Te Ao Marama) was founded in 1926 by Āpirana Ngata , then
589-463: The Te Atiawa tribal settlement at Waiwhetū Marae near Lower Hutt and married Rangi Hetet , one of the carvers who had worked on the marae. Rangi's grandmother, Rangimārie Hetet , herself a distinguished practitioner of raranga, taught Erenora the art of whatu kākahu korowai (cloaks). Both Erenora and Rangi worked in the late 1970s at the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute , which
620-453: The bottom; it is decorated with a taniko border in black, brown, yellow, and white, . In common with other Māori artists, Puketapu-Hetet believed that art has a spiritual dimension and hidden meanings: The ancient Polynesian belief is that the artist is a vehicle through whom the gods can create. Art is sacred and interrelated with the concepts of mauri, mana and tapu. Maori weaving is full of symbolism and hidden meanings. embodied with
651-429: The connection between traditional art practices and Māori sociocultural identity, while presenting some of her more recent work Puketapu-Hetet discusses the need to adopt new practices, e.g., the use of new materials in light of the scarcity of traditional plants, such as harakeke /flax. A survey exhibition of the work of Erenora Puketapu-Hetet and Rangi Hetet, Legacy: The Art of Rangi Hetet and Erenora Puketapu-Hetet ,
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#1732793540993682-435: The head until the mid 1990s and stayed on in a Cultural Advisor until her death in 1997. Schuster was succeeded by her daughters Dawn Smith and Edna Pahewa . Pahewa held the role for 18 years. The third and current Tumu is master weaver Meleta Bennett who was mentored by Pahewa. The founding of the schools was part of the reassurance of whakairo and raranga and many of the alumni of the schools went on to play roles in
713-404: The region, is the navigator said to have guided (under duress) the voyaging canoe Te Arawa to Aotearoa. He is traditionally associated with the geothermal activity in the area. Te Ahi Tūpua stands at 12m high and is the tallest sculpture of its kind and a world first in its 3D printed composite construction. Te Ahi Tūpua was commissioned as a small part of a $ 7.6 million restructuring of
744-826: The schools is headed by an expert in their traditional artform, titled Tumu . Cohorts of 1-4 students are selected from a pool of applicants to learn from the Tumu and their Pouako (tutors). List of Tumu: (year-year) Tumu name Historically the Minister responsible for Tourism or an Associate Minister of Tourism made appointments to the NZMACI governing board. Board members have included: Robert McFarlane, Ani Waaka, David Thomas, Sir Howard Morrison , Dr Erihapeti Rehu-Murchie , June Grant, Judith Stanway, Ray Watson, Erenora Puketapu-Hetet , Mike Simm, David Tapsell Ken Raureti, Robyn Bargh and Tupara Morrison. Governance has been altered as
775-690: The spiritual values and beliefs of the Maori people. She wove using materials such as muka (prepared fibre of New Zealand flax ), paua shell , stainless steel wire and feathers, including kiwi feathers. In 1986, Puketapu-Hetet travelled to the Field Museum in Chicago to demonstrate her craft in support of the international exhibition Te Maori , which toured the United States and New Zealand from 1984 to 1987. Tu Tangata: Weaving for
806-612: The title Puketapu . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Puketapu&oldid=1188829216 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Erenora Puketapu-Hetet Erenora Puketapu-Hetet ONZM JP (née Puketapu , 28 January 1941 – 23 July 2006)
837-502: Was a noted New Zealand weaver and author. A key figure in the Māori cultural renaissance , she helped change perceptions of Māori weaving /raranga from craft to internationally recognised art. Of Te Atiawa descent, Puketapu-Hetet was born in Lower Hutt on 28 January 1941, where she died on 23 July 2006. Her parents were Vera May Puketapu (née Yeates), who was Pākehā , and Īhāia Pōrutu Puketapu . Puketapu-Hetet grew up in
868-590: Was established in Rotorua in 1963 to preserve traditional Māori cultural practices; between 1978 and 1981, as a weaving tutor there she wove the first kahu kiwi for the Institute. In the early 80s the couple returned to the Hutt Valley, where they led the decoration of Wainuiomata Marae . Later the couple worked at Te Papa as Maori Protocol Officer /Advisor. Puketapu-Hetet's daughters Veranoa Hetet and Kataraina Hetet are also weavers. Part of Puketapu-Hetet's work at Te Papa involved bridge-building between
899-448: Was staged at The Dowse Art Museum in 2016. Robin Greenberg's Mo te Iwi: Carving for the People (2019) follows preparations for this exhibition; along with its focus on Rangi Hetet's work, this film again shows how the art form is learned and shared within family and community as a whole. As Lillian Hetet, Erenora and Rangi's daughter says in Mo te Iwi , "Carving does not exist alone, just as
930-534: Was the late renowned Tohunga Whakairo (Master Carver), Hone Taiapa . Long a part of the Te Wānanga Whakairo Rākau (carving school), the traditional adornment and toolmaking arts were moved to a dedicated school headed by artist Lewis Tamihana Gardiner and initially specialised in pounamu . The new national school for Jade, Bone & Stone Carving was named as Te Takapū o Rotowhio by local rangatira and kura whakairo graduate, Mauriora Kingi. The school
961-406: Was unveiled on ANZAC day 2019. Te Ahi Tūpua was constructed from a design created by Tōhunga Whakairo and Tumu, Te Takapū o Rotowhio , Stacy Gordine and digitised by academics from Victoria University of Wellington . The massive sculpture uses traditional Māori visual language to tell the story of Ngātoro-i-rangi , in relation to the landmarks of the area. Ngātoro-i-rangi, a founding ancestor of