One of Te Papa’s photographers Norman Heke is usually behind the camera. He’s been at many hui and wānanga, studiously taking photos to put together a wonderful photographic record of these events.
This time Norm was able to take part in the taonga puoro wānanga and learned how to make and play a pūkāea. A mystery photographer captured the moment…
With a little persuasion however we managed to get Norm to take some photos of the wānanga as well. Here is a small selection capturing some of the magical moments.
Kia ora Jahmaine
Thanks for your enquiry – sounds an interesting research project. I can suggest some people for you to talk to if you’d like to contact me by email:
mail@tepapa.govt.nz
attention: Pamela
Hear from you soon, Pamela
Kia ora
I am a third year student studying at SIT Invercargill and I am currently working on my third year research project. My research is on techniques and approaches engineers and producers use when recording Maori musicians. I am just wondering if you know of anyone that would be ideal to talk to and/or interview for my research project.
Naku noa Jahmaine Cummings
Kiao ora, you may like to check out the trailer of the docu “Ngaro Rangi Taonga Puoro” with Richard Nunns. He is playing Taonga Puoro collected by James Cook and his crew.
ano na
Benjamin
Kia ora Benjamin
Thank you very much for pointing us to the trailer of your documentary. It looks fascinating and I’d love to know more about it. Will it be screened in NZ at all?
It’s great to see Richard Nunns having the opportunity to play such important taonga and for us all to be able to hear their voices. It’s rare now for taonga puoro in museum collections to be made available in this way, so it’s very special.
I’ll pass this on to others in our taonga puoro group here at Te Papa.
Nga mihi nui
Pamela
Wow….great photos! 🙂