Taking you to the heart of New Zealand’s National Harakeke Collection
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Have you ever wanted to harvest and use the harakeke in your backyard or school for weaving?
We can show you how to and the importance of doing this in a sustainable way!
Join our expert weaver and kaitiaki of the collection, Katarina Tawiri in the heart of our living Te Kohinga Harakeke o Aotearoa | The National NZ Flax Collection with over 50 different cultivars of harakeke.
Katarina will explain the importance of conserving this collection and take you on a journey from how to assess a harakeke bush right through to extracting muka and weaving a small object.
- 11:00 am - 11:30 am, 16TH SEP 2019