Bethany Matai Edmunds

Bethany Matai Edmunds (born 1978) is a New Zealand Māori weaver, textile artist, museum professional and hip hop lyricist. She is affiliated with Ngāti Kurī iwi. Her works are held in the collection of the Auckland City Gallery.

Biography Edmunds was born in 1978. She has a Bachelor of Applied Arts: Māori Design and Technology and while studying received tutoring from the renowned cloak weaver Nikki Lawrence. She investigated the conservation, storage and display of Māori cloaks across four museums in the United States of America. Edmunds also works to ensure the survival of korowai (cloak) weaving. She is a member of The Pacific Sisters, an art collective of Māori and Pacific women.

Edmunds is also a hip hip lyricist.

Awards and honours

2009 Recipient of the Kate Sheppard Memorial Trust National Award

Exhibitions pART mAOri, Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge, UK 2006. Ngā Pai ō Hina, Auckland Central City Library, Auckland 2018. Te Kōpū, Māngere Arts Centre Ngā Tohu o Uenuku, Auckland 2018.