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Kōrero: Māori musical instruments – taonga puoro

Te whakatangi pūtātara

He pū ohooho te pūtātara, ka rangona tōna reo ki pāmamao. Ka hangaia te nuinga o ngā pūtātara ki te anga o te pūtātara māori, engari he wā tōna ka hangaia ki te anga o te pū triton, he anga ka pae ki ngā onetai o Te Tai Tokerau. Ko tēnei pūtātara nō te rautau 1800, he ngutu whakairo tōna i hangaia ki te rākau. E mau ana te here muka i te kura manu. Whakarongo mai ki te reo o te pūtātara. 

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: ME003937

Courtesy of Richard Nunns and Bob Bickerton

Permission of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Brian Flintoff, Māori musical instruments – taonga puoro – Māori musical concepts, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/music/42153/te-whakatangi-putatara (accessed 24 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Brian Flintoff, i tāngia i te 9 July 2013.

Comments

Susan Pearce
30 April 2020
There's a story here about Mako & Tuatara in which the pūtātara is featured: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/wanganui-chronicle/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503426&objectid=12265867