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Dorothy WaetfordDorothy Waetford Dorothy is a member of Ngā Kaihanga Uku, National Māori Clay Workers Collective; Te Taitokerau Māori Artists Collective; Te Atinga Contemporary Māori Visual Arts committee of Toi Māori Aotearoa; and Toi Ngāpuhi an advocacy and support agency inspiring excellence in Ngāpuhi cultural and creative expression across Te Taitokerau. Dorothy was an original member of Te Kanikani o Te Rangatahi and Taiao Māori Dance theatre in the eighties. Based in Taitokerau since 1996, Dorothy completed her teaching diploma through Auckland College of Education, an Applied Arts degree at NorthTec followed by a long-distance Māori Visual Arts post-graduate diploma with Massey University, Palmerston North. Between 2004 and 2015 Dorothy taught on both the Applied Arts and Maunga Kura Toi programs at NorthTec. In 2016, she was project manager to develop a 25year arts strategy for Ngāpuhi culminating in Piki Tū Rangitia - a 25year arts and cultural strategy for Ngāpuhi. Dorothy has attended indigenous arts and cultural exchanges in North West Coast of America, Pacific Islands and Australia since 2001 in her capacity as a Māori clay artist, exhibiting and representing both Ngā Kaihanga Uku and Te Taitokerau Māori Arts Collective.
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