Kiri Marie Nathan MNZM (born 1972) is a New Zealand Māori fashion designer, entrepreneur, cultural ambassador and mentor, based in Auckland.

[5] After graduating, Nathan learned traditional and contemporary Māori weaving[6] and became a flight attendant and then an in-flight manager for Ansett and Air New Zealand for 14 years.

She met her husband Jason Te Ahu Renata Nathan (Ngāpuhi and Ngāti Whātua) and his child in 1998.

Kiri Nathan pieces have been worn by Barack and Michelle Obama, the Duchess of Sussex, Beyoncé, Demi Lovato, Ed Sheeran and Mariah Carey and owned by Bruce Springsteen and Will.i.am.

[1][2][7][8] In 2017, Nathan founded the Kāhui Collective, a community to support emerging Māori and indigenous fashion designers in their businesses and creative endeavours.

The Kāhui Collective is one part of the ecosystem Nathan is building, called KAURI, designed to be the first commercial Māori fashion industry.

In 2022, Nathan moved her business from her small Auckland home and studio, into her showroom, creative workshop and operations hub called Te Āhuru Mōwai, meaning shelter or safe haven, in Glen Innes.

The working space is where Nathan makes her clothing and woven kākahu, and it is also a community hub for future of Aotearoa fashion designers to be mentored.

[1][2][3][8] In 2022, Prime Minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern, wore a kākahu to show her support for Māori at the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.

[15][16][5] In the 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours, Nathan was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to Māori and the fashion industry.