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Mai Time - Hirini Melbourne interview (excerpt)
Television (Excerpts) – 1997
Many of them lie mute, silent in museums. But since we've heard them they speak to me in ways that no other music can.– Composer Hirini Melbourne on his attraction to taonga pūoro (traditional Māori instruments)
I was bored with the usual nursery rhymes. I wanted Māori words reflecting where we live, things like the trains in Wellington...sounds that make our language exciting.– Composer Hirini Melbourne on creating new te reo Māori nursery rhymes, at the start of his interview
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