6:30pm 29 June: Te Ara Haumanu Taonga Puoro Concert
Learn about the wonders of taonga pūoro with a stirring concert that brings the instruments to life.
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2:30pm 29 June Taonga pūoro panel talk
Join Haumanu Collective for kōrero about taonga puoro Māori – Māori musical instruments. Learn the stories and connect to our musical history.
11am 29 June: Whakapapa pūrākau workshop
Join the Haumanu Collective for a fun-filled workshop about taonga pūoro Māori – Māori musical instruments. Try your hand at making as well as playing!
Pūoro Wānanga day 1
Ra Tuatahi kei te taha o nga whanau kei Te Umukaha , mihi kau ana ki te whanau whanui o Katihuirapa ~ Arowhenua ~Waitaha ~ KaiTahu 💙🌀🦋🥰 beautiful first day for our Puoro Wananga . Massive thanks to our hearty sis Sofia Tuala and whanau for organising such a beautiful kaupapa for us all ✨💜🦋 Haumanu Collective🌀✨✨✨
Te poho o Nuku – 25 Mar 22
Hapū Wānanga and Haumanu collective present this event/class to all interested in knowing more about Hapūtanga & Rongoā on Friday 25 March from 1-3pm
Jerome Kavanagh
We like to welcome Jerome Kavanagh to the Haumanu Collective. Through the teachings of his Kuia and whanau he was first introduced to a koauau at 14 years old and developed his own unique playing style by spending time in the Ruahine ranges listening and mimicing native bird calls with his voice
Awhina Tamarapa
We’d like to welcome Awhina Tamarapa to the Haumanu Collective. Awhina is a Māori curator, researcher and writer. She is a Teaching Fellow and PhD student in the Museum and Heritage Studies programme at Victoria University of Wellington, Te Herenga Waka.
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Moving from revival to renaissance: the first taonga pūoro festival
Late last year Te Whanganui-a-Tara | Wellington hosted Pūoro Tū, a festival of “adventures in Māori instruments and sounds”. Here, taonga pūoro practitioner and Pūoro Tū organiser Ruby Solly reflects on this six-day celebration of the oro.
Rehu
Rehu are long flutes with a closed top and a transverse blowing hole, but with finger holes like the pōrutu. It’s name is an old one and suggests it was a prized embellisher of song. Rehu are similar to Pōrutu.
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