mountain daisy Tikumu
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In what's believed to be a first, a new exhibition underway in Nelson is dedicated entirely to the mountain daisy Tikumu, once a taonga for weavers the knowledge of weaving techniques had almost been lost.
"The beauty in tikumu is that it's not like harakeke that grows...

![Following a series of chance encounters and years of research on tikumu, Hamuera and Naomi Aporo-Manihera have curated Taku Rau Tīkumu at the Nelson Provincial Museum. [Photo: Supplied] Taku Rau Tīkumu](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/wearing_tikumu.jpg?itok=VYZhEbpN)