Spectrum. 2015-08-23. 12:00-12:45, Weaving the past into the future.

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2015
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268354
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Year
2015
Reference
268354
Media type
Audio
Series
Spectrum, 2013-
Categories
Documentary radio programs
Nonfiction radio programs
Radio programs
Sound recordings
Duration
00:45:00
Credits
RNZ Collection
MacLeod, Catriona, Newsreader
Thompson, Lisa, Producer
Radio New Zealand National, Broadcaster

A weekly documentary series broadcast nationwide on Sunday afternoons on Radio New Zealand National. Spectrum aims to capture the essence of New Zealand through stories, landscape and people – generally told on location. The series has been broadcasting since 1972. Spectrum is preceded in this recording by the midday news and sports bulletin, and weather forecast. In today’s programme:

Spectrum's Lisa Thompson travelled to Lake Rotoiti to meet a couple devoted to maintaining tradition and authenticity through the art of conservation.

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“My main job has become not only restoring the artworks but restoring the knowledge that has been lost” – Jim Schuster, Heritage New Zealand Māori Built Heritage Advisor

Born and raised in Rotorua, Jim Schuster’s family has maintained and practised Māori Arts and Crafts for at least five generations.
His great-aunt Rangitiaria Dennan, better known as Guide Rangi, left a lasting impression on Jim, as did his mother Emily Schuster, a renowned master weaver.
And his great-great grandfather Tene Waitere, helped carve Hinemihi o te Ao Tawhito, a small wharenui that survived the Tarawera eruption and more recently a fire at Clandon Park in Surrey, England, where it now resides.
It is little wonder then the softly-spoken former teacher followed in his whanau’s footsteps.
Jim is now a highly sought after advisor for restoration work on meeting-house taonga, both within New Zealand and around the world.
“All that knowledge flowing over us…you absorbed it while you were helping out,” Jim says.
“It has come all those generations…we’re keeping it alive, it’s their legacy…and those families who haven’t got those skills…come to learn from us”
Jim’s work is often complemented by his wife Cathy’s skills as a weaver, and together the pair regularly conduct workshops passing on their skills.
Spectrum’s Lisa Thompson travelled to Lake Rotoiti to meet a couple devoted to maintaining tradition and authenticity through the art of conservation.
Topics: arts, education, environment, history, identity, te ao Māori
Regions: Bay of Plenty, Waikato
Tags: weaving, restoration work, heritage, conservation, Hinemihi, Tarawera eruption, Clandon Park House, fire, Rangitiaria Dennan (Guide Rangi), Emily Schuster
Duration: 25'01"