Te Whare Pora Knowledge Base

Access for Community Members. A solid and continually growing repository of knowledge

Te Whare Pora
Weavers Community

A sharing, caring community of weavers with a common purpose: to strengthen ourselves and each other in ngā mahi ā te whare pora and importantly for the generations yet to come.

  • Access to the knowledge base with learning resources, kōrero, instructional videos in the three pou of te whare pora -
    raranga, whatu and whiri

  • Help and support from other weavers with your weaving journey

  • Connect with other weavers from your hapu and iwi.

  • Help develop a respository of knowledge within Te Whare Pora for ngā uri whakatupu - those generations yet to come.

  • A sharing, caring community with a common purpose - to strengthen ourselves and each other in ngā mahi ā te whare pora.

Ko wai mātou

We don't stand alone in our knowledge, it has been handed down -
he tāonga tuku iho.
It is not ours to keep - it is ours to share.
It does not come from us; it comes through us from those that have gone, those that have illuminated the path for all of us.

My journey as a weaver started as a child sitting with my mum and kuia Rangimarie while Nanna was teaching mum. I was quietly watching, listening and learning. The lessons were not just of the hands, but of the heart and mind. A way of being, a quiet humility and dignity, a generosity of feeding knowledge.

Mum and Nanna were kaitiaki of tradition but were also innovators. They both shared their knowledge freely. My kuia left these words for us all -

E ngā uri whakatupu
whakarongo kia kaha
Hāpainga ake ra,
ngā mahi huatau a ngā tūpuna
i waiho ake nei...

This online community is a way to share and uplift ngā mahi a te whare pora. We invite you to join - hono mai, nau mai.
nā Kataraina Hetet
nō Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Tuwharetoa