Māori music instruments- Taonga puoro

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Traditional Māori musical instruments.

Māori musical instruments; Māori music

Image: Whare Tapere musical instruments

Whare Tapere musical instruments

The University of Auckland Library

Image: Maori games and musical instruments: Spinning top

Maori games and musical instruments: Spinning top

Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Image: Karanga Weka (small nguru like instrument)

Karanga Weka (small nguru like instrument)

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Various instruments, putatara, putorino

Various instruments, putatara, putorino

The University of Auckland Library

Image: Two carved Maori mere and a flute

Two carved Maori mere and a flute

Auckland Libraries

Image: Nose flute, nguru

Nose flute, nguru

The University of Auckland Library

Image: Shell trumpet, putatara

Shell trumpet, putatara

The University of Auckland Library

Image: Bone koauau, 70.E

Bone koauau, 70.E

The University of Auckland Library

Image: Putorino

The University of Auckland Library

Other

Māori musical instruments poster

Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira

Image: Fig. 73. Flutes. — a, porutu (flute), b, whio; c, koauau, wood; d, koauau, bone; e, whio. a-c, e, after Best (18), d, after Hamilton (46, pl. 57, fig. 1)

Fig. 73. Flutes. — a, porutu (flute), b, whio; c, koauau, wood; d, koauau, bone; e, whio. a-c, e, after Best (18), d, after Hamilton (46, pl. 57, f...

New Zealand Electronic Text Collection

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira

Other

Photographs from the Arts Foundation digital database, mainly of Richard Nunns, instruments, and album covers

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Hue puruwai

Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Pūkāea and pūtātara

Pūkāea and pūtātara

Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Purerehua (bull roarer)

Purerehua (bull roarer)

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

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