Rotoiti's Christina Wirihana is among a dozen weavers from Rotorua and the Eastern Bay of Plenty who have added their talents to a project for the New Zealand Wall at the refurbished United Nations' headquarters in New York.
The project, led by Mrs Wirihana, involved 50 turapa (completed panels of Tukutuku weaving) created by 28 weavers from throughout New Zealand. They were on show at Rotoiti's Taurua Marae on Saturday giving people their only chance to see them in New Zealand before they are taken to their new home in New York.
Mrs Wirihana said she started work on the project at the end of 2010 and to see it completed was amazing. Part of the project involved harvesting kiekie and pingao - materials used for the weaving - in the Waitakere Ranges.
"It's really an amazing outcome of [many] hours and days of research of patterns, creating new patterns. To see it realised in a panel is quite amazing."
Mrs Wirihana plans to go to New York between May-August next year to help with the installation of the turapa.