Emily Rangitiaria Schuster OBE QSM (née Hicks, 12 January 1927 – 5 September 1997) was a New Zealand master weaver of Te Arawa descent.
[3] Schuster founded the weaving school at the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute in Rotorua, in 1969.
[9] Daena Walker writes that Schuster has been "acknowledged internationally as one of the most gifted weavers of her generation.
Her contribution to the art of Māori weaving and her knowledge of kaitiakitanga, particularly the cultivation and conservation of harakeke (flax) and its origins, has ensured the survival of this craft today.
[13] She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to Māori arts and crafts, in the 1994 Queen's Birthday Honours.