Mauri Aura

Mauri Aura Up Close is an open and inclusive session, akoako with the public to give more understanding about what tāonga puoro is and the paths that they journey through connecting to these tāonga. Come down to listen, experience and maybe even join in!
 

Mauri Aura merges the subtle, spiritual facets of plugg ambient, alongside hiko-waiata and taonga pūoro. Mauri serves as a vessel for the life essence which flows through us all, the aura present in the relationships between living and natural things.

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​A journey to uplift the tikanga of our tūpuna, reconnecting paths laid before us, carving the present and future bonds upheld through waiata. Michael Hiroti (Wear Pounamu - Te Ātihaunui-a-pāpārangi, Ngāti Apa, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa) and Curtis Lake (Lakeboon - Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Makea Ārera ki Rarotonga, Pāmati), embody the wairua of maori aura, a shared experience that intertwines both listener and artist.