Traditional Maori society used music in community ritual and very rarely for entertainment, highlighting a conflict with the western concept of music, says University of Waikato performer and lecturer ...

Maori singer/songwriters Maisey Rika, Rob Ruha and Seth Haapu are joined by Horomona Horo, Aotearoa’s leading practitioner in taonga puoro (traditional Maori instruments) for a pair of performances at ...

A series of concerts this weekend will present an opportunity to hear instruments that most listeners, even serious musicians, never knew existed. Richard Nunns, an expert at playing "taonga puoro" -- ...

Auckland audiences will have a rare opportunity to join master musicians Dr Richard Nunns and James Webster for a two-day workshop exploring taonga puoro - traditional Maori instruments - on Monday ...

Jo'el Komene showed hundreds of children more than 30 different Maori instruments during the week. Photo / Ruth Keber Event organisers are hoping the success of the inaugural Tauranga Moana Matariki ...

Food, fashion, arts, gardens and star-gazing are all on offer for Puanga, the Whanganui celebration of the Maori New Year. One of the first events is two performances by world-renowned taonga puoro ...

Musicians Rewi Spraggon and Riki Bennett are among prizewinners in the annual Australasian Performing Right Association’s Silver Scroll awards. The Bethells residents won the Maori music category with ...

Green Fire Islands will have Irish and Maori musicians, dancers and poets on stage together in "a musical conversation" at BT River of Music, writes Bernadette McNulty. By Bernadette Mcnulty 18 July ...

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LOGAN’S multicultural diversity will be in focus this weekend, when rhythm lovers from across the ditch mark Maori Music Month with their annual Kiwi Karnival. The family-friendly event is for those ...