Description:
This redesigned and updated edition of Sir Hirini Moko Mead's 1958 work takes the reader from the history and theory of taniko weaving into the practice, with numerous patterns and instructions for weaving at home or in class.
Brief description: Sir Hirini Moko Mead is a pre-eminent Mā ori writer, commentator and scholar. In the course of a distinguished academic career he authored numerous books on Mā ori art (including Te Toi Whakairo: The Art of Maori Carving, with Oratia Books) and developed the first Department of Mā ori Studies in the country at Victoria University. He was knighted in 2009 for services to Mā ori and education. A leader of his iwi (tribe) Ngā ti Awa, he lives in Wellington, New Zealand.