About this item: Pōrutu are longer kōauau with fingerholes toward the lower end and these can be blown to jump between two octaves. This one has Pepe the male moth added, having been attracted by thinking the sound was his sweetheart Raukatauri.

About Taonga Puoro: In Maori Music traditions musical instruments are members of the families of the Gods. Tunes are named Rangi after the Sky Father to whom they ascend after being sounded and Rhythms  come from the heartbeats of Papa, the Earth Mother. Their children, Hine pu te Hue, Tane, and Tawhiri Matea, their Great uncle Tangaroa and a grandchild, Raukatauri, Goddess of flute music, are most of the ancestors of a wide range of musical instruments.

Material: Recycled Matai