Ruby Solly shares her thoughts and feelings about Taonga Puoro with Awhina Tamarapa. The pair cover some of the more memorable experiences in Taonga Puoro, influential people they’ve worked with and interesting ways that traditional Māori music can be fused with Western traditional instruments.
Tāmihana has a kōrero with Isaac Te Awa – a curator of Mātauranga Māori at Te Papa Museum, who is early in his Taonga Puoro journey. They kōrero about Isaac’s introduction to the practise, initiatives he is involved in for invigorating the taonga puoro community in Wellington and how preserving the precious taonga at the museum influences his personal growth and approach to mahi toi.
James chats with writer Awhina Tamarapa about her mahi as a professional museum curator, and the intracacies of looking after precious Taonga Puoro collections.
Aroha Yates-Smith, is a New Zealand performer and academic, who affiliates to Te Arawa, Tainui, Takitimu, Horouta, and Mataatua. She is known for her research into forgotten Māori female deities.
Watch our Haumanu Collective panel discussion about the world of Taonga Pūoro. This was recorded at Te Papa, Wellington during Matariki celebrations featuring James Webster, Ruby Solly, Libby Gray, Te Kahureremoa, Aroha Yates-Smith, Shane James and Jerome Kavanagh Poutama.
We are proud to announce the launch of our Oro Rua Haumanu Collective Taonga Pūoro podcast where we kōrero and wānanga about taonga puoro with some of the foremost practitioners in the crafting and performance of traditional Māori musical instruments.
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