Pareaute Nathan

Pareaute Polly Nathan QSM is a New Zealand Māori educator and weaver.

[2] Nathan completed a teaching diploma at the University of Waikato in Hamilton, in 1994.

At Kaitaia College she hosted regional kapa haka and speech competitions, and established the annual Far North Schools Multi-cultural Festival in the 1980s.

After her retirement from teaching in 2003 she became more involved with weaving, holding monthly workshops at the Ahipara's Roma marae.

In 2015 she received Creative New Zealand's Te Waka Toi Tohunga Raranga (King Ihaka) Award.