Erika Taeang

Erika Taeang is an artist and teacher from Kiribati. In 2020 Finlayson Park School in Auckland became the first school in New Zealand to set up a Kiribati language unit, where Taeang was employed as the teacher.^[1][2] Twenty students were initially enrolled.^[3] Also a textile artist and weaver, a tibuta (traditional shirt) made by Taeang is in the collection of the Tropenmuseum, within the Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen.^[4] Her woven mats are made from fibre from Kiribati, which is sent to New Zealand, and are decorated with bird motifs.^[4]