What was meant to be just a small intimate live presentation to 40 people-
turned into 400 registrations and almost 200 online event attendees!
Going digital during lockdown in this collaboration first!
'Taonga puoro was stunning. Rikki's matauranga and voice was so soothing. The sand art was mesmorising. All 3 wove a beautiful high quality performance together.
Feedback from our Online Show...
'He rawe ki te whakarongo, titiro hoki ki te kāhui mātanga nei, ngā mihi nunui!.
' Beautiful online but I can only imagine what it would have been like LIVE. Meitaki nui for this evening.'
' He Rongoa- nga kau o nga kupu/whakaaro e whakatongia a Rikki, nga au o nga taonga puoro a Jerome, nga kare o nga ringa toi a Marcus & Cam & Te Pou! ka wani kee koutou katoa!
' Tūmeke. Even though I was really tired, I was glued to the screen - start to finish. .
' Miharo. Tino ataahua ngā mahi toi. Thank you so much for sharing to the beautiful artistry to the knowledge and the wairua shared. This was food for my wairua '
' Mīharo Nōku te whiwhi. I learnt the mātauranga of our tupuna and it was a journey of the senses. Because the Tane were right there it was a personal experience. Ngā mihi nunui ki a Kōutou.
' That collaboration was absolutely amazing. Such a powerful evening for us to be apart of
' I loved the balance of the words, sounds and visuals. i felt emerced in it all. Thank you thank you thank you.
' The wananga was amazing. The arts, the sounds of the maori instrument the korero was amazing. I learnt so about how our ansestors navigated through life. I would love to learn more. .
' That collaboration was absolutely amazing. Such a powerful evening for us to be apart of
' I didnt really know what to expect but the way in which each person worked, complimented the essence of the intention each artist had. Its was simply beautiful!
' Ngā mihinui ki a koutou! I am so thankful this went online for us all to enjoy, what a wonderful collaboration. It was great timing coming to the end of week six of lockdown. So thank you again. .
' I am in awe and feeling very blessed. I enjoyed the informative and beautiful korero from Rikki, the amazing creative artistry from Marcus and the soothing dream like sounds from Jerome.
' I thought the integration of all sensory communication was really soothing, informative and helped me process and learn about your beautiful culture as I am British.
' The combination of story telling, puoro and art was perfect. .
In Development....
Nga Tohu O Te Taiao - is a project bringing wrapping cultural narrartives and matauranga with live art and sound. It is focused in helping others recognise the unique 'Tohu' we have for each of our seasons here in Aotearoa - Our goal is to create shows for each season- to help people reconnect and become more aware of themselves and their environment.
Koanga ( Spring),
Raumati ( Summer),
Ngahuru ( Autumn),
Takurua/Hōtoke ( Winter),