Work
Te Reo Ki Ōtākaro | Voices of Ōtākaro
for orchestra and taonga puoro
About
The work, “explores the past, present and future of Ōtautahi Christchurch through some of the stories and voices associated with the Ōtākaro / Avon river. Three vocalists sing settings of texts found on the Ōtakaro Literary Trail, a series of pepeha and fragments from poems and letters engraved into the steps and walkways along the river bank in the central city.” It is a co-composition of UC Associate Professor Reuben de Lautour and taonga puoro exponent Mahina-Ina Kingi-Kaui (Ngāi Tahu, Kati Mamoe, Ngati Porou, Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi)
Text note
Includes words devised by Matiaha Tiramorehu (Ngāi Tahu), Herewini Eli and Wi Pokuku (Ngāi Tahu), Pita Te Hori (Ngāi Tahu), David Eggleton, Charles Stuart Perry, Wiremu Te Uki (Ngāi Tahu), John Deans, the Kemps Deed Ngāi Tahu Signatories, James K Baxter, Bernadette Hall, Fiona Farrell, Allen Curnow, Apirana Taylor (Ngāti Porou, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui and Ngāti Ruanui) and Frankie McMillan.