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The Silence is Over - Taonga Pūoro Treasured Sounds

2008 Television
  • Arts/Culture
  • Music
  • Māori

This documentary explores the renaissance of taonga pūoro (traditional Māori instruments) and celebrates the legacies of late musicians Richard Nunns and Hirini Melbourne. There's a table discussion between musicians and composers Nunns, Gillian Whitehead, Gareth Farr, Moana Maniapoto, Aroha Yates-Smith and jazz performer Jeff Henderson. All incorporate taonga pūoro in their art. Melbourne's whānau remember him and Nunns "playing to the whales"' at Onetahua (Farewell Spit), and Horomona Horo reflects on his musical apprenticeship. The documentary screened on arts show Artsville.