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{{Short description|New Zealand master carver (1928–2008)}}
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'''Pakaariki''' "'''Paki'''" '''Harrison''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|QSO|size=85%}} (6 July 1928 – 29 December 2008) was a New Zealand master carver from [[Ngāti Porou]]. He is regarded as one of New
==Early life==
Harrison was born in [[Ruatoria]], the eldest of 21 children. He was raised by his grandmother [[Materoa Reedy]] and attended Hiruhārama Native School.<ref name = 'walker'>{{cite book|last1=Walker|first1=Ranginui|title=Tohunga Whakairo: Paki Harrison|date=2008|publisher=Penguin Books|location=Auckland NZ|isbn=9780143010067}}</ref> Whilst attending [[Te Aute College]], Harrison was introduced to carving by master carver, [[Pine Taiapa]] who became a lifelong influence.<ref name
==Marriage==
Harrison married [[Hinemoa Harrison|Hinemoa Rakena]] (b. 1931), also a Māori artist, who is noted for her traditional weaving, especially [[tukutuku]] panelling. Between them, they worked on the construction and decoration of many [[wharenui]] and other [[marae]] buildings.
==Carving==
[[File:WaipapaMarae.jpg|right|thumb|Tānenuiārangi, Waipapa Marae]][[Ranginui Walker]] writes that Harrison possessed "immense knowledge about the traditional arts of the carver, extending way beyond the actual physical arts to include its most ancient aspects - the symbolism contained in Māori art - to its role in transmitting old tribal history".<ref name = 'walker'/> Harrison wrote, taught and researched the art of Māori carving.<ref name = 'ara'/> With the support of his wife Hinemoa, Harrison supervised the construction of ten carved wharenui including: Te Waiariki at Whaiora marae, [[Ōtara]] (1977); Te Ōtāwhao at Te Awamutu College (1985); Tānenuiārangi at Waipapa marae, [[University of Auckland]] (1988); Rākairoa, Haratuanga marae, [[Kennedy Bay]] (1996); and Ngā Kete Wānanga, [[Manukau Institute of Technology]],
==Recognition==
Harrison was awarded an honorary [[Doctor of Letters|LittD]] by the University of Auckland in 1991.<ref name = 'icon'/> In 1997, Harrison and his wife, Hinemoa, received [[Te Waka Toi awards|Te Tohu mō Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu: Supreme Award]] from
In the [[2000 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)|2000 Queen's Birthday Honours]], Harrison was
In 2002, Harrison was named as the leader of the design team for Toi Iho / Māori Made mark for Creative New Zealand. The same year, ''He Tohunga Whakairo'', a documentary about Harrison, directed by [[Moana Maniapoto]] and Toby Mills, won best Māori language programme at the New Zealand Television Awards.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tohunga Whakairo|url=http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/he-tohunga-whakairo-2002|website=NZ on Screen|accessdate=26 January 2015}}</ref>
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[[Category:1928 births]]
[[Category:2008 deaths]]
[[Category:Massey University alumni]]
[[Category:Ngāti Porou people]]
[[Category:New Zealand artists]]
[[Category:New Zealand Māori carvers]]
[[Category:Companions of the Queen's Service Order]]
[[Category:People from Ruatoria]]
[[Category:People educated at Te Aute College]]
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