Hineraukatauri Me Te Ara Puoro

This is an original Māori language title.

It is a perfect gift for those interested in taonga puoro, traditional Māori musical instruments, Māori-speaking households, those learning Māorilanguage, those interested in traditional Maori stories.

Elizabeth is a member of The Haumanu Collective, one of the foremost taonga puoro collective in Aotearoa that has a growing presence across the country.

This story charts the journey that Hineraukatauri - A cocoon/chrysalis who has entered a new realm, the human world, without their voice. It's dark and wet, Rangi and Papa have not yet separated or are in the process of having their offspring create space between the two. In visiting each of the offspring, they gift Hineraukaturi a different component or aspect of music, ultimately her voice, represented in the shape of the Putorino. Following its construction, Hirini Melbourne happens across the shape and his breath in playing it gives life to all the gifts as he makes terrific music through this instrument.

Elizabeth Gray (Ngati Rehia, Ngati Uepohatu, Tama Upoko ki te awa o Wanganui, Ngati Tuwharetoa) is a taonga puoro practitioner researching the ways that puoro can be used as rongoa. She is a member of the Haumanu Collective and Hinerakatauri me te Ara Puoro is her debut book.

Rehua Wilson (Te Aupouri, Te Rarawa) is a Wellington-based illustrator and designer hailing from Paekakariki on the mighty Kapiti Coast. Growing up surrounded by beautifully illustrated books, Rehua was encouraged by her whanau to follow her creativity. She studied the forms of illustrators who carried vast ethereal worldsonto the page and now does this in her own work.