44 – Māori Music with James Holt: Part Rua

This is the second episode of my interview with James Holt, continuing on our discussion of Māori music including Māori showbands, WW2 songs and kapa haka!

43 – Māori Music with James Holt: Part Tahi

Our first interview! We chat to James Holt, someone who knows a lot more about Māori music than I do! We discuss modern Māori music from Stan Walker to Herbs to Alien Weaponry, as well as a variety of tangents as well.

42 – For Today

We round out our discussion on the various taonga pūoro as we talk about the nguru, pūkāea and pūtōrino, among a couple of other interesting tidbits!

41 – Why Does Love do This to Me?

This episode we look at the realm of Hineraukatauri, goddess of flutes. We primarily look at the kōauau, what it was, how it was made, what it was used for and of course how it sounded! We also talk briefly about the rehu and whio!

40 – Let Me See Your Hips SWING

We continue looking at taonga pūoro with some more shells, this time from land snails, along with the realms of Hine Pū Te Hue, goddess of gourds, Tāwhirimātea, lord of winds and storms and Papatuānuku, the Earth Mother.

39 – Slice of Heaven

This episode we start our look at taonga pūoro, Māori musical instruments! Initially looking at the demesne’s of Tānemahuta and some of Tangaroa’s.