Story: Māori musical instruments – taonga puoro

More links and websites

• He ara puoro

  Richard Nunns explains and plays a number of taonga puoro in this collaboration with Radio New Zealand.

• Richard Nunns – traditional Māori musical instruments

  The website of taonga puoro expert Richard Nunns.

• Taonga puoro

  Information about taonga puoro, from the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.

• Taonga revival

  A 2010 article from Ngāi Tahu magazine Te Karaka about a wānanga (house of learning) focusing on making and playing traditional instruments.

More suggestions and sources

• Flintoff, Brian. Taonga puoro: singing treasures: the musical instruments of the Māori. Nelson: Craig Potton, 2004.
• McLean, Mervyn Māori music. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 1996.
• Nunns, Richard, with Allan Thomas. Te ara puoro. Nelson: Craig Potton, 2014.