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Kōrero: Māori musical instruments – taonga puoro

Te whakatangi i te kōauau mā te ihu, i te tau 1923

Playing the nose flute, 1923

Ka āhei te whakatangi i te kōauau mā te waha me te ihu. I te tau 1923 ka whakaahuahia a Āporo o Tūranganui-a-Kiwa e whakatangi ana i tōna kōauau mā te pōngāihu. 

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Reference: MA_B.002227

by James Macdonald

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 – Melodic instruments – the family of Rangi, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/42160/te-whakatangi-i-te-koauau-ma-te-ihu-i-te-tau-1923 (accessed 24 June 2026).

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

Comments

shakeelah0425
06 July 2015
i love this instrument because i play the instrument and play a song out of it.