Ngāti Porou and Ngāti Whātua Orākei weavers

This collective of weavers from Ngāti Porou and Ngāti Whātua Orākei worked collaboratively on a set of tukutuku panels for the Pioneer Women’s Hall (now Ellen Melville Centre) in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland.

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Ngāti Porou and Ngāti Whātua Orākei weavers, ‘Tukutuku’, (1962), Ellen Melville Centre, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Image: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand, Sep 2023.