Derek Lardelli

New Zealand artist

Sir Derek Arana Te Ahi Lardelli KNZM (born 1961) is a New Zealand tā moko artist, painter, carver, kapahaka performer, composer, graphic designer, researcher of whakapapa and oral histories and kaikōrero.^[1] He affiliates to the Ngāti Konohi hapū of Ngāti Porou, and the Ngāi Te Aweawe hapū of Rongowhakaata,^[2] and lives in Gisborne, where he is pouwhirinaki/principal lecturer at Toihoukura at Eastern Institute of Technology.^[1]

In 2004, Lardelli received a New Zealand Arts Foundation Laureate Award,^[3] and in 2006 he was the inaugural Gallipoli artist-in-residence.^[4] In the 2008 Queen's Birthday Honours, Lardelli was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to Māori arts, in particular tā moko.^[5] In the 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was promoted to Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to Māori art.^[6]

Kapa o Pango haka

Lardelli composed the Kapa o Pango haka in 2005 for the All Blacks.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b "Professor/Ahorangi Derek Lardelli". EIT. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
^ "Derek Lardelli". Area360. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
^ "Derek Lardelli". Arts Foundation. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
^ "Derek Lardelli receives Turkish residency". The Big Idea. 10 May 2006. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
^ "Queen's Birthday honours list 2008". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 2 June 2008. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
^ "Queen's Birthday honours list 2020". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 1 June 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
^ Sharpe, Marty. "Haka keeps new knight grounded". Stuff. Retrieved 23 July 2023.