Richard Nunns - the book / Richard Nunns - the film / Richard Nunns - in person

Richard Nunns will need no introduction to most of you. Today saw the Nelson premiere of Voices of the Land: Ngā Reo o te Whenua, a film about Richard's journey to rescue endangered knowledge of traditional Maori instruments, and to resuscitate the sounds they made. It showed how the landscape and the natural world can be responded to in music (as well as giving a tantalising glimpse of Richard's collections of Beckett and Joyce). Richard spoke and responded to questions afterwards. The film will screen again on Monday at 3:30pm as part of the International Film Festival at the Suter theatre.

 

 

This week also saw the publication of Richard's long-awaited*, deeply informative and beautifully produced** book, Te Ara Puoro: A journey into the world of Maori music. Both magisterial and personal, this is one of the publishing highlights of the year.
Copies will be available again from our shopette at Monday's screening, and also from the shop and from our website.

* 17 years.

**Thanks to CPP (it's been a big week for our local publisher!).