{"id":1610,"date":"2022-10-31T12:54:52","date_gmt":"2022-10-30T23:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.haumanucollective.com\/?p=1610"},"modified":"2025-11-20T23:54:40","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T10:54:40","slug":"libby-gray-and-joel-komene-on-taonga-puoro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.haumanucollective.com\/mao\/libby-gray-and-joel-komene-on-taonga-puoro\/","title":{"rendered":"Libby Gray and Jo&#8217;el Komene on taonga puoro"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1610\" class=\"elementor elementor-1610\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e6e7e9c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e6e7e9c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-43c9e8e\" data-id=\"43c9e8e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd96715 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fd96715\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Jo\u2019el Komene, Taonga Puoro expert. For Jo&#8217;el, his taonga puoro are a connection to the soul. A musician and carver with whakapapa to Nga Puhi, Tainui and Tapuika, he tells of his toi M\u0101ori journey; beginning with learning whakairo which fuelled a passion for Taonga Puoro, then furthering his practice with a masters in the k\u014dauau. Now working in education and sharing his m\u0101tauranga, Jo\u2019el is a key player in the revitalisation of te ao toi M\u0101ori.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f71880 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8f71880\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Listen as Libby Gray and Joel K\u014dmene and discuss taonga puoro<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0cbff6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"c0cbff6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<iframe title=\"Libby Gray & Jo\u2019el Komene discuss Taonga Puoro\" allowtransparency=\"true\" height=\"150\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=dtpfh-12fed04-pb&from=pb6admin&share=1&download=1&rtl=0&fonts=Arial&skin=1b1b1b&font-color=&logo_link=episode_page&btn-skin=c73a3a\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7d5516 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d7d5516\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">About Jo'el K\u014dmene<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87db6ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"87db6ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Jo\u2019el, with whakapapa to Nga Puhi, Tainui and Tapuika, enjoys contributing to the revival of these ancient instruments. Jo\u2019el, who is also a carver and a musician, experiments with the sound of the instruments as he crafts them. He describes them as having a \u201cvoice\u201d rather than a sound.\u00a0<\/p><p>Jo\u2019el says few people have an understanding of the instruments, including many Maori. His own interest in taonga puoro began about 15 years ago when he took a paper on the \u2018Maori world of sound\u2019 while studying at the University of Waikato. \u201cI got to make a few instruments as part of the paper and my interest grew from there. I started making them and the lecturer invited me to some workshops.\u201d He has since gone on to complete a <a href=\"https:\/\/researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz\/handle\/10289\/3948\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Master\u2019s degree on taonga puoro<\/a>.<\/p><p><span style=\"color: var(--nv-text-color); font-family: var(--bodyfontfamily),var(--nv-fallback-ff); font-size: var(--bodyfontsize); letter-spacing: var(--bodyletterspacing); text-transform: var(--bodytexttransform); background-color: var(--nv-site-bg);\">The instruments are all made from natural materials, including stone, clay, bone, shell and wood. Some of the more familiar ones used today include the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.haumanucollective.com\/mao\/koauau\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">k\u014dauau<\/a> (flute), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.haumanucollective.com\/mao\/putatara\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">p\u016btatara<\/a> (signalling trumpet) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.haumanucollective.com\/mao\/purerehua-turorohu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">purerehua<\/a> (spinning discs). \u201cSome people give me the materials because they think they will be useful to me and some of the more rare materials, such as whale bone and albatross bone, are given to me by the Department of Conservation when they become available,\u201d says Jo\u2019el. All of his instruments have their own individual look and sound. \u201cAlthough they might be classified as the same instrument, the dimensions and playing techniques are often slightly.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29d2661 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"29d2661\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">Jo'el K\u014dmene and Haumanu Collective<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72458ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"72458ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Jo\u2019el works regularly with the Haumanu Collective wh\u0101nau directly and indirectly. We were proud to have Jo&#8217;el join us for our Te Ara Haumanu event at Te Papa earlier this year.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5e5f29 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c5e5f29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.haumanucollective.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/joel-komene-te-ara-haumanu.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1615\" alt=\"Jo&apos;el K\u014dmene\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.haumanucollective.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/joel-komene-te-ara-haumanu.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.haumanucollective.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/joel-komene-te-ara-haumanu-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.haumanucollective.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/joel-komene-te-ara-haumanu-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Jo\u2019el Komene, his taonga puoro are a connection to the soul. 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