Lawless is a master weaver who also spends time passing on her skills and encouraging the preservation of raranga and traditional weaving in New Zealand.
She collaborated with her daughter Christina Wirihana in 1996 to help create the interior of Ihenga, the meeting house at the Tangatarua marae on the Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology campus.

Lawless is part of the Te Roopu Raranga Whatu o Aotearoa (National Collective of Māori Weavers in New Zealand).
In 2014 this collective of weavers exhibited 49 tukutuku panels in Kāhui Raranga: The Art of Tukutuku at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.
These panels were installed in 2015 at the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York.

Lawless is also a member of Taumata Mareikura, a reference group of seven of New Zealand's most accomplished weavers.
This group offers expert advice and cultural knowledge to the Auckland War Memorial Museum on collections and taonga held by the Museum.

She is also a founding member of Te Kāhui Whiritoi, a group that recognises the contributions individuals have made to the furtherance of the Māori art of weaving.

Lawless is a lifelong member of the Māori Women’s Welfare League.
She is also involved in the Playcentre movement.
Lawless is a master weaver who also spends time passing on her skills and encouraging the preservation of raranga and traditional weaving in New Zealand. She collaborated with her daughter Christina Wirihana in 1996 to help create the interior of Ihenga, the meeting house at the Tangatarua marae on the Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology campus.
Lawless is part of the Te Roopu Raranga Whatu o Aotearoa (National Collective of Māori Weavers in New Zealand). In 2014 this collective of weavers exhibited 49 tukutuku panels in Kāhui Raranga: The Art of Tukutuku at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. These panels were installed in 2015 at the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York.
Lawless is also a member of Taumata Mareikura, a reference group of seven of New Zealand's most accomplished weavers. This group offers expert advice and cultural knowledge to the Auckland War Memorial Museum on collections and taonga held by the Museum.
She is also a founding member of Te Kāhui Whiritoi, a group that recognises the contributions individuals have made to the furtherance of the Māori art of weaving.
Lawless is a lifelong member of the Māori Women’s Welfare League. She is also involved in the Playcentre movement.
Matekino Lawless