As a renowned craftsman and an enthusiast, Brian Flintoff shares his memories and thoughts around the use, and proliferation of taonga puoro. He also briefly shares the story of coming up with the name “Haumanu”.
Horo speak with practitioner and cultural consultant Kelly Kahukiwa nō Te Arawa Iwi about entering the world of music through jazz musician Stu Buchanan. Starting with the saxophone and then focusing on Taonga Puoro, Kelly shares insights into his mahi of building bridges of cultural understanding through his practise of Mā Oriori. He gives back to the Ngāhere with the Oro and the Whē of puoro and helps to obtain positive outcomes for Ngāi Māori.
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. Play this Oro Podcast Episode now.
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 Webster chats with writer Awhina Tamarapa about her mahi as a professional museum curator. They also discuss the intracacies of looking after precious Taonga Puoro collections.
In this episode we have the pleasure of listening to the wonderful Aroha Yates-Smith as she reminisces about her experience with Taonga Puoro artists, in amongst stories of special memories, life accomplishments and spirituality.
We launched the first official episode on this evening of Wednesday 29 June 2022 from here at Te Papa, in conjunction with the Te Ara Haumanu Concert.
Today we featured a live panel talk at Te Papa’s Rongomaraeroa marae and I took the opportunity to live stream this, much to the delight of many enthusiasts nationwide whom wanted to be present but couldn’t.
This week I’ve had the privilege of working once again with tohunga for the national launch of our Matariki holiday.