The revival of traditional Māori musical instruments, taonga puoro, is celebrated at the National Library this week on Friday 1 November. Esteemed composer Dame Gillian Whitehead (Ngāi te Rangi) will ...

SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music proudly presents the release of the first of three series from Hōtaka Māori: Puoro Ki Te Ao, three ataahua pieces featuring taonga puoro artists Reti Hedley, ...

Maori singer/songwriters Maisey Rika, Rob Ruha and Seth Haapu are joined by Horomona Horo, Aotearoa’s leading practitioner in taonga puoro (traditional Maori instruments) for a pair of performances at ...

TAONGA: Taonga puoro experts (from left) Richard Nunns, Brian Flintoff, Horomona Horo, Warren Warbrick and James Webster are coming to teach in Wanganui. PHOTO/SUPPLIED People will be able to make, ...

"It's the best, it's the best, it's the best - SwampFest" is the catchcry of Palmerston North's annual music festival. Jono Galuszka catches up with three acts taking part in this year's edition of ...

Rob Thorne would visit schools some 15 years ago with taonga puoro - traditional Maori instruments - and the children would be amazed. It made him wonder why he hadn't learned about instruments such ...

Awa Puoro ki te Ao member Elise Goodge (left) and Māori information librarian Jasmin Ratana play Tumutumu Kohatu at the Alexander Library. Photo / Sebastian Lowe Whanganui could soon have the only ...

Richard Nunns (Nunns, Richard)Horomona Horo (Horo, Horomona)Brian Filntof (Filntof, Brian)Hirini Melbourne (Melbourne) Paul Wolffram Richard Nunns has been a primary figure in retrieving taonga puoro, ...

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Horomona is an accomplished player of Taonga Puoro, who has worked and studied with Hirini Melbourne, Richard Nunns and Brian Flintoff. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as ...

Accompanied by CD: Mahi / Richard Nunns. Ockham New Zealand Book Awards : The Judith Binney First Book Award for Illustrated Non-Fiction Winner, 2016. "Te Ara Puoro tells the story of Richard Nunn's ...