KO AU TE KETE

15/06/2026

Beautiful kōrero AND kete 🙌🏼🎁💚🌿✨

All my kaiako have had this talk with me , an many will also say the same , that you need to find the bread n butter ( regarding Mahi , like earrings for example).
My bread an butter 😅 , are my kete , I have a lot of Patience when it comes to my Mahi, but with adhd my attention span comes from a place of obsession an passion.
When I was younger I made a few wall hangings ,an now I cringe at the thought of weaving stuff to hang on a wall .
People change over time , as does the Mahi .
I love weaving kete whakairo for them to be used everyday or brought out for special occasions ❤️ ( my walls hold retired kete )
“ do what you love , love what you do “

Kiekie kete whakairo im currently weaving ,I collected this from kaitoke at the beginning of winter ( an I still got it white)

*This kete is named after Hine-rehia, only been woven at night or on misty days , which we have a lot of them in Upper Hutt .

https://www.whirinakiarts.org.nz/exhibitions/upcoming-exhibitions/oho-mai-the-awakening

15/06/2026

11/06/2026

one year on 💛💛💛
please get in touch if this is something you'd like to participate in, we love it, you might too
https://www.youtube.com/

Tēnā koutou katoa, e nga iwi, e nga kairaranga me nga kaiwhatu... I am planning on having a virtual monthly meet up and am gauging interest. My very small collective have a monthly meeting where we each have a turn sharing on what we are working on, what our future plans are and identifying the steps necessary to make it to the next goal.

The isolation of the artist can be discouraging and having a rōpu that sees and acknowledges the struggles, offers inspiration and motivation and incredibly important, shares information, regarding exhibitions, technology and resources is vital.

If you think this is something you would like to participate in, please private me your name and email address and I will be in touch in the next couple of weeks with more information and a date for our first meet up.

Ngā mihi mahana
Amber


Harakeke Te Rongoa Wairua

09/06/2026

tutu-ing 💚💛🤍

05/06/2026

koha mai, koha atu
the eternal circle of love 🙌🏼💛🌿✨

01/06/2026

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01/06/2026

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31/05/2026

absolutely chuffed to share the latest monthly meetup with our kairaranga practitioners around the country

having fun trying out editing my videos using https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/

gaining confidence and getting lost in other forms of creativity as i go, as always thank you so much for being a part of what we're creating and if you are one of us, have a think about participating, we would love to grow the global garden of weavers 💚💚💚

https://youtu.be/6-Qnib9j2ns?si=WD10sPJxCwxPgrcD

A big mihi to the weavers from the North Waikato Sustainable Festiv...

30/05/2026

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Day 132
Is chatting creative? In raranga we talk about weaving relationships as well as korari/harakeke. Today was a lovely day spent with special friends and meeting new and interesting people in beautiful sunshine.
Now I'm just getting ready to weave more of these wakarei for the hospital in front of the TV and warm fire (these are from the last 2 nights) hunkering down before another heavy rain warning 🙄