Fashion Designer Raewyn Tumaki was Born in the small township of Kawerau in the Eastern Bay of Plenty
Raewyn has been designing Maori Designer clothing for over 6 years and has sold clothing successfully throughout New Zealand and Australia
Norwin New Zealand was born from a koha (gift) from parents Norman and Winnie
Ngati Porou Ngati Awa,Te Arawa To start my vision of creating a strong Brand of Maori designer clothing
Raewyn Has worked in the clothing industry for 25 years as a seamstress/pattern maker and in production and samples Rooms
Raewyn has worked on film sets for Laundry warrior ( The warriors way)
and Power Rangers Jungle fury in the costume department
With a passion to create from colour, vision and style combined with the talents of Artist Peter Anderson and Jodie May I began to create collections which blended their unique forms of Maori contemporary artwork into limited edition Maori designer clothing and accessories
“When People purchase my clothing they buy a piece of home to take with them where ever they go”
Kororia kia te Atua,mo nga mea katoa nana nei ki homai,mai I runga rawa
Nga mihi ki aku pakeke,mo a raua na aroha,me a raua tautoko hoki I roto aku na mahi
Nga mihi ki taku Tane,toku whanau,hoa,me aku kai Ako. E whakapono nei I aku Mahi
Nga mihi ki nga Tangata katoa o Aotearoa,tai tamariki,me nga tia Pakeke
Nga mihi ki nga Tangata katoa o era atu o nga Ao
Nga mihi ki te katoa.Mo nga tau I mahue ake nei.Na enei tautoko tonu I totika ai aku mahi
Nga mihi hoki kia Peter Anderson mo ana mahi toi
Taku Hoa mahi a Eddie Makiha
Me Paul Salmon mo ana mahi Toi Hoki
Kia ora
A special thank you to the lord for his blessing throughout the building of my brand
and guidance through all the hard times
A special nga mihi to my friend Christine Panoho for her wealth of encouragement amazing women
my business mentors Colin Frampton TWOA ,Fanchine Reihana
and my TPk mentors ,Liz Sutherland for z goup business and Robeta Anetipa
and my friend Jaenine Clarkin for her years of support with my brand
and my sister in the lord Heather Lee for lending her talents to me and support
Paul and Heather Empro stitch media for my beautiful embroidery and their support
and to all my many clients over the years both in New Zealand and Australia whom have supported my brand and kept me in business thank you all for believing in my mahi
