A dream to hear the sound of taonga pūoro and te reo Māori normalised in households set Elizabeth Gray on a path to becoming a debut author. Elizabeth Gray (Ngāti Rēhia, Ngāti Uepōhatu, Tama Ūpoko ki te awa o Wanganui, Ngāti Tūwharetoa) is a taonga pūoro practitioner, director of the Haumanu Collective and author of the new te reo Māori picture book Hineraukatauri me Te Ara Pūoro. The story charts the journey of Hineraukatauri—a chrysalis who is bestowed with different components of music—and how the beautiful sounds of taonga pūoro are breathed into being. Elizabeth Gray talks with The Sapling about her journey and the journey of this book.
