Ada’s māra

This needle book is named after my grandmother's garden. It can be used to hold precious brooches and pins or needles and pins for your own sewing adventures

Embroidered linen, cotton, wool and beading | 2025

Kim Tairi (Waikato Tainui, Ngāti Korokī Kahukura; he uri ahau Norway, Scotland, England) is a self-taught multimedia textile artist and Aotearoa's first Māori University Librarian. Her mokopuna and uri driven art practice honours the textile traditions of her tūpuna - her grandmother Whakamura Nora Tairi, a renowned maker of kete, and her Nana Ada Bradley, a knitter extraordinaire. Kim creates art dolls and embroidered pieces that explore whakapapa, whenua, and wāhine Māori experience. She is part of Moana Fresh collective in Tāmaki Makaurau.