Kura Te Waru-Rewiri

Kura Te Waru-Rewiri

Associate Professor, Toioho ki Āpiti; Associate Head Academic; Whiti o Rehua School of Art

Kura is a contemporary Māori Visual Artist and Māori Arts Educator. As an artist, Kura has developed several significant themes throughout her painting career: the central impact of colonisation upon customary art forms, as familiar manifestations of identity.

  • Expertise

    Māori Art Educator, consultant. Moderator, monitor of NZQA approved qualifications, freelance curator, artist. Ministerial appointment to Māori Arts Board, Te Waka Toi, of CREANZ.

  • Technical areas

    Kaupapa Māori pedagogy applied to kaupapa toi teaching and learning.

  • Qualifications

    Masters in Māori Visual Arts ( 1st class honours), Massey University

    Diploma of Fine Arts (Painting hons) University of Canterbury

    Diploma of Teaching – College of Education, Canterbury

  • Professional affiliations:

    Associate Head of School, School of Art, College of Creative Art. Massey University

    Kurawaka Toi / Whare Project manager, Northland Polytechnic

    NZQA Monitor, Maunga Kura Toi/Bachelor of Māori Art, Northland Polytechnic

    External Moderator, Te Wananga o Aotearoa

    External examiner, Unitec, AUT, Massey University

    NZQA Monitor panellist, Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi

    Auckland Art Gallery, Te Papa, Te Manawa

    Bellingham School of Arts, Bellingham. USA

    University of New South Wales, Australia

    Ministerial appointment to Maori Arts Board, Te Waka Toi, of CREANZ