Te Irikura: Taonga Pūoro

Courtesy of Māori Television, Irikura presents 26 half hour episodes where viewers learn about toi Māori through practitioners of particular art form. The programme also aims to encourage viewers to appreciate the artistic value and workmanship of those same practitioners and the field of toi.

[@MrMusic551]

Thank you very informative video!

[@EDubbEru]

It would be interesting to know which missionaries Horomona is referring to. History shows that it was the Crown through their legislation that saw the loss of Taonga Pūoro and many other customary Māori practices and Māori arts. Our Māori prophets who were Christian never taught that but they did utilise the western instruments same as our tupuna utilised all modern tools, concepts, machinery, clothing, modes of transport. These were the results of colonisation not christianity. However it would be interesting to know which missionaries taught that playing Taonga Puoro wasn’t right.

[@BrofessionalMaori]

EDubEru kia ora e hoa i ngā kōrero nāu anō i tuhi. Kāore hoki au i te mōhio te hunga karaitiana i kōrerohia e Horomona engari koia rā ōna whakaaro mō te take nei. Tē taea e au te whakahē i ōna whakaaro, a, he mea rangahau māu pea e hoa! Kia noho haumaru ki te kāinga!