Thursday, 13 May 2021, 9:33 am
In an ambitious undertaking, Māori music collective
‘IA’ have teamed up with Te Toki Waka Hourua to create a
live music film which is a first of its kind. The band
collaborated with Te Toki and film Director Moehau Hodges
Tai to capture a live performance featuring taonga
pūoro/traditional Māori instruments while sailing the
traditional waka on the open ocean.
The intention for
the live performance on the waka was to showcase IA’s
latest single titled Kōkōrangi released May 13. Featuring
the voices of the traditional Kōauau (bone flute) and Ponga
Thursday, 11 February 2021, 4:43 pm
Ororuarangi
Live Filming Group Shot
Newly formed
Māori music collective ‘IA’ has united nature and music
with a taonga pūoro (traditional Maori instruments)
performance in the forest. The band held an intimate concert
in the Pukemokemoke Bush Reserve in front of a live
audience, as a creative way to debut their new single,
‘Ororuarangi’.
The audience was invited to the
bush setting and each person was given a set of wireless
headphones to hear the performance while it was being
simultaneously recorded. Audience member Amanda Harper said
the event was a dreamlike experience. Listening to the band