Roka Ngarimu-Cameron

Roka Ngarimu-Cameron
MNZM
Ngarimu-Cameron in 2011
Born
New Zealand
Known forWeaving
AwardsMNZM

Rokahurihia Hurihia Ngarimu-Cameron MNZM is a New Zealand Māori tohunga raranga 'master weaver'.[1][2]

Biography

In 1990, Ngarimu-Cameron established ‘Te Whānau Arohanui’, a marae and foster care centre in Waitati, Otago. The centre provides care for youth and is also a venue for Ngarimu-Cameron's weaving courses.[3]

In 2008 she completed a Master of Fine Arts degree at Otago Polytechnic, supervised by Leoni Schmidt, Christine Keller, Clive Humphreys and Khyla Russell. Her dissertation studied the combination of traditional Māori weaving and loom weaving, and included a solo exhibition, ‘Toku Haerenga/My Journey’, held at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery.[4] Since 2008 Ngarimu-Cameron has been a lecturer in traditional arts at the University of Otago.[3]

In the 2011 Queen's Birthday Honours, Ngarimu-Cameron was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to Māori.[2]

Ngarimu-Cameron is of the Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Te Arawa, Whakatōhea, Ngāti Awa and Ngāti Tūwharetoa iwi, and is also of Irish descent.

Publications

  • Ngarimu-Cameron, R. (2010). Tōku haerenga - a transformation of Māori cloaks: Combining traditional Māori materials with western weaving techniques.[5]
  • Ngarimu-Cameron, R., Torr, J., & Pataka Porirua Museum of Arts and Cultures. (2010). Ngā kākahu: Change & exchange. Porirua [N.Z].: Pataka Museum of Arts & Cultures.[6]
  • Roka Hurihia Ngarimu-Cameron (MNZM) (2019) Weaving the Two Cultures of Aotearoa/New Zealand Together: From the Art of Making Traditional Off-Loom Garments to a Contemporary Practice of On-Loom Weaving, TEXTILE, 17:2, 158–167, DOI: 10.1080/14759756.2018.1474000[7]

References

  1. ^ Dignan, James (16 March 2017). "Art Seen: March 16". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b "THE NEW ZEALAND ORDER OF MERIT - 2011-vr4108 - New Zealand Gazette". gazette.govt.nz. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Roka Ngarimu-Cameron, Opotiki | The Governor-General of New Zealand". gg.govt.nz. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  4. ^ Ngarimu-Cameron, Rokahurihia (2008). Tōku Haerenga (Masters thesis). OUR Archive, University of Otago. hdl:10523/5162.
  5. ^ Ngarimu-Cameron, Roka (2010). Tōku haerenga - a transformation of Māori cloaks: combining traditional Māori materials with western weaving techniques. ISBN 978-3-8383-9290-5. OCLC 946799363.
  6. ^ Ngarimu-Cameron, Roka; Torr, Jo; Pataka Porirua Museum of Arts and Cultures (2010). Ngā kākahu: change & exchange. Porirua [N.Z.: Pataka Museum of Arts & Cultures. ISBN 978-0-9582393-2-5. OCLC 669968335.
  7. ^ Ngarimu-Cameron, Roka Hurihia (3 April 2019). "Weaving the Two Cultures of Aotearoa/New Zealand Together: From the Art of Making Traditional Off-Loom Garments to a Contemporary Practice of On-Loom Weaving". Textile. 17 (2): 158–167. doi:10.1080/14759756.2018.1474000. ISSN 1475-9756. S2CID 194258647.