Thi Vaihū

Thi Vaihū (b. 1997) (Ngāpuhi, Ngati Whatua Ki Kaipara, Waikato Tainui, Tonga) is a kiriaute (Māori barkcloth practitioner). Vaihū grows, harvests and processes aute (mulberry paper bark) from Te Henga, Bethells Beach, New Zealand. Vaihū’s practice is preoccupied with the re-

remembering of traditional techniques of maintaining pa aute as well as the processing of aute, muka, paru dye and whenua pigments.