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26: 135:. A carver should show respect for Tane by not carving in too flamboyantly a manner; he should, of course, inject his own mauri into the work, but should do so for the sake of the work, not his own sake. Hetet tries to use raw timber rather than milled timber so as to be able to show respect by following the nature of character of the timber. 336:
The waka taua (war canoe) on the left is Te Aniwaniwa, and the one on the right is Te Raukura. They are the work of master carver Rangi Hetet and his assistants. The vessels are being prepared for their dawn launch onto Wellington Harbour in
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This taonga was created by the tohunga whakairo (master carver) Rangi Hetet who is of Ngati Tuwharetoa and Ngati Maniapoto descent. Two of Rangi's daughters weaved the tukutuku (lattice work) that is part of this
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Wellington City Council commissioned a 14.5-metre waka, Te Raukura, in 1989 for use in the city's sesquicentenary celebrations and it was carved under the supervision of Waiwhetu carver Rangi Hetet.
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When the marae was built in the 1950s, Erenora, who had graduated to weaving tukutuku panels, met and married Rangi Hetet, the master carver brought in to help with the job.
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Hetet's commissions have included a number of meeting houses, four waka taua (war canoes 60+ feet long) and a number of institutional pieces such as the one at
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The carver Rangi Hetet says that the materials he uses are not simply materials—they have a spiritual nature, being descended from
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in the 1950s, during which time he met Erenora Puketapu-Hetet, who become his wife. His grandmother,
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Hetet trained in the fraternity of carvers known as Konae Aronui under legendary tohunga whakairo
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Hetet first rose to recognition in New Zealand as one of the carvers of the meeting house at
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Hetet was born in 1937 to Charles Wilson Hetet and Lillian (née Smallman). He married
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as head carver, together with Ngata Ruru, James Ruru, Rangi Hetet and Charles Rutene.
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Six carvers were employed, namely Charles Tuarau in the planning stages, and later
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at Waiwhetu Marae in 1960, and they have four children. Their daughter
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As his wife did, Hetet sees his art as having a spiritual dimension:
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Sam Hauwaho is of Tuhoe and Te Aitanga a Hauiti descent.
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He is still active and exhibiting in venues such as the
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Rangimārie Hetet

poupou
Dowse Art Museum
pāua
Te Puni
ONZM
Māori
whakairo
Ngāti Tuwharetoa
Ngāti Maniapoto
Erenora Puketapu
Veranoa Hetet
Waiwhetū
Rangimārie Hetet
Te Kūiti
Tuhaka Kapua
Hōne Taiapa
New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute
Tāne
LINZ
2004 New Year Honours
Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Māori Art Market
"THE MAORI HEART OF THE HOUSE"
Hōne Taiapa
"Obituary: Erenora Puketapu-Hetet"
"Te Papa's Programme during International Festival of the Arts 2006"
"Sam HauwahoKaiwhakairo"
"Moral Issues in Global Perspectives"

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