Kōauau pongā ihu (left) and kōauau waha (right). Descendants of Hinepūtehue; wind instruments. Measuring 9.5 and 12cms tall. Made by Brian Flintoff, and Jen and David Cattermole, respectively. Photo: University of Otago
In her new book, Echoes from Hawaiki, ethnomusicologist Jennifer Cattermole unearths the ancestral knowledge and musical traditions of early Māori and Moriori taonga pūoro.
The comprehensive research project dives into the earliest known taonga pūoro in Aotearoa, how they changed with the resources of the landscape, through a century of suppressive legislation in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, to the instruments' present day revival.
Jennifer Cattermole is an associate professor in the music programme at the University of Otago and also an experienced taonga pūoro performer. She speaks to Kathryn.
Echoes from Hawaiki by ethnomusicologist Jennifer Cattermole. Photo: University of Otago
