Raranga is Māori plaiting: strips cut from the harakeke leaf worked over and under into kete, whāriki and kono. The living leaf runs blue-green through yellow-green to bronze; a finished kete cures to honey-straw khaki. Pattern comes from the weave itself — change the float count and a chevron appears.

The dye set is closed: paru mud black, raurēkau bark yellow, tānekaha bark tan, and the undyed fibre. Harvest carries tikanga — karakia before cutting, and the rito and awhi rito are never taken. Structure, ethics and surface are one thing here.