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Location: Taranaki, New Zealand

Hi ,I am a retired mum of five. 1 boy and 4 girls and the nana of 6 grandsons and 4 grand-daughters.My Husband and I dairy farmed until our retirement.He now does odd jobs and lawns around town.

Tuesday, March 07, 2006


Two of my daughters take part in a Maori concert at the Fraser Rd school. I made the girls piopio,s .We started off by cutting the flax then cutting a pattern on it then leaving the flax out to dry..Then the weaving of putting it all together and weaving the wool to make the waist band on it And a head band.. Enjoyed taking part in this special art..One daughter Donna is on the right next to the tall maori girl and Cindy is in the middle at the front.

2 Comments:

Blogger NZBC said...

Fantastic work Jan - could you make one today? Do the girls still have it?

12:05 AM  
Blogger lady jan said...

Yes Helen they are still here..We had a maori lady Tipie Rawiri to show us.. The only thing she didnt show us how to dye them so mine are plain

11:50 AM  

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