Lanae Cable

Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Pūkeko, Ngāti Maru ki Hauraki, Tūhoe.

Lanae spends her time along Ōhinemataroa.

In 2019, Lanae and her fellow dirt lovers Sarah Hudson and Jordan Davey-Emms formed Kauae Raro Research Collective. Since then Lanae has been re-learning our ancestors earth pigment practice.

For the last year and a half Lanae has been experimenting with a variety of staining/dying techniques using whenua. She has catalogued the earth pigments on bandanas. It speaks to identity, reunion, whakapapa and connection to places which have nourished our people for centuries.