Taonga Puoro

Ruby Solly demonstrates the pūtangitangi (small Māori instruments made of clay) she's created for an exhibition this weekend. Video, Audio

Jennifer Cattermole is an associate professor in the music programme at the University of Otago specialising in Māori and Moriori instruments. Audio

A concert at the 2023 Auckland Arts Festival of new music by New Zealand composers. It celebrates New Zealand's wildlife.  Audio

Performed by Jerome Kavanagh and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Vincent Hardaker at their Premier Series concert, 'In the Elements', Auckland Town Hall, 24 August 2023. Audio

Grammy award winning soloist and Māori musical instrument specialist Jerome Kavanagh (Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Kahungunu me te rohe o Mōkai Pātea) talks to Tony Stamp about his new composition for… Audio

a significant work of symphonic proportions to celebrate the Māori new year, an opportunity to come together in recognition of a celestial event of uniqueness and beauty.

Ariana Tikao (Taonga Puoro)… Audio

Performed by Bob Bickerton (taonga puoro) with New Zealand String Quartet at the Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts 2022. Video, Audio

Performed by Ariana Tikao (taonga pūoro) with New Zealand String Quartet at the Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts 2022. Video, Audio

William Dart launches a new series of New Horizons with a special for Waitangi Day â€" a tribute to the late Richard Nunns and the very much alive Horomona Horo, masters of the taonga puoro. Audio

Indigenous soul band IA have released their first waiata composed entirely with taonga pūoro - traditional Māori instruments. The love song 'Pūmau' is also their first collaboration with… Video, Audio

Ahead of his talk at TedX Piptitea, Jerome Kavanagh joins us to talk about about the power and potential of an indigenous approach to wellness through the application of taonga puoro. Video, Audio

Upbeat talks with taonga puoro composer and practitioner Horomona Horo about this weekend's premiere in Hamilton of a new concerto for taonga puoro and orchestra. Audio

Taonga puoro players Ariana Tikao and Al Fraser share their memories of the late Richard Nunns. Audio

Taonga puoro practitioner Rob Thorne (Ngati Tumutumu) is known for creating transcendent soundscapes by combining modern looping technology with traditional instruments made from stone, bone, shell… Audio

Wellington PhD student Ruby Solly is a poet, musician and music therapist. Her first book of poetry, Tōku Pāpā speaks to Māori growing up outside of their papakāika. Ruby's poems embrace knowledge… Audio

Musician Puoro Jerome is a specialist in playing taonga puoro - traditional Maori instruments. He features on a new compilation of music that's woven around sounds of our landscapes and wildlife. He's… Audio

Ariana Tikao is a composer and performer of Kāi Tahu descent whose waiata bring to life ancestral stories. She is a passionate exponent of the indigenous musical instruments of Aotearoa and is… Audio

Founding Trinity Roots drummer Riki Gooch has just released an album that features taonga puoro player Alistair Fraser. Rangatira is an exploration of memory and offering to grieve a lost friend Audio

Encouraging musicians who play traditional Maori instruments (taonga puoro) to be braver, more experimental - that's the goal of Horomona Horo. Horomona has just been appointed as both a researcher… Audio