Donna Campbell (born 1959)[1] is a New Zealand Māori university teacher, curator, weaver and textile artist.
[1][2] In 2019 Campbell completed a PhD at the University of Waikato with a thesis titled Ngā kura a Hineteiwaiwa: The embodiment of Mana Wahine in Māori fibre Arts.
It is made of plaited flax strips 3–5 mm wide, dyed red and black, in a vertical twill pattern, with braided handles of black-dyed muka.
[7][8] She is the co-leader (along with Dr Catherine Smith and Rānui Ngārimu) of a team undertaking a kaupapa Māori research project, funded by a Marsden grant.
[9] The team (which includes Jeanette Wikaira and Hokimate Harwood) are researching Te Rā, the last known Māori sail.