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Matariki: a time to share your aspirations for the coming year

In 2022, we created an exhibition experience, Mānawatia a Matariki, a place for manuhiri to reflect and look to the future. Here are some insights into the types of pledges and aspirations shared in 2022.Read more

By: Murphy Peoples

On: 13 Jul 2023

In: Māori

Four people playing their taonga pūoro (Māori musical instruments) in an army bunker

Moving from revival to renaissance: the first taonga pūoro festival

Late last year Te Whanganui-a-Tara | Wellington hosted Pūoro Tū, a festival of “adventures in Māori instruments and sounds”. Here, taonga pūoro practitioner and Pūoro Tū organiser Ruby Solly reflects on this six-day celebration of the oro.Read more

By: Ruby Solly

On: 18 Feb 2022

In: Māori

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