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How Kiwi Live: Ahi has weaved a light and art-filled home base with her two cats
How this kaikaranga (weaver) enjoys their home in Avondale, Auckland
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Meet Ahi, a kaikaranga (weaver) whose Auckland rental is a sanctuary filled with her harakeke (flax) projects and art. Her living room, which she calls her wharenui (meeting house), is a safe and warm space surrounded by meaningful mahi toi (art).
Raranga (weaving) is central to her life; she teaches workshops to preserve the skill and connect people with nature. Her most precious possessions are her two cats, Kowhiri and Tamatea, who share her art-filled home.
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