Derek Lardelli
New Zealand artist
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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]
