Please note: This podcast is spoken in te reo Māori (Māori language) Dr Wayne Ngata is a specialist in Māori literature and a practitioner, composer, and advocate of Māori performing arts — particularly haka and mōteatea. In this te reo Māori podcast, Wayne shares his perspective on mōteatea from Te Tairāwhiti (the Gisborne region of Aotearoa New Zealand), where mōteatea is flourishing. For the show website please follow this link. This series is supported with funding from Creative New Zealand. This podcast is bilingual (Te Reo and English) -- He Reo Tawhito: Conversations about Mōteatea Mōteatea is a centuries-old tradition of chanted song-poetry; a great literary and musical art form that expresses the powerful portrayal of storytelling and is reflective of the emotional depths of a Māori world view. Its vast richness is yet to be fully understood.  In this seven-part series hosted by Crystal Edwards, we hold conversations with some of the world's leading experts on mōteatea and ask them: What exactly is mōteatea? How has it changed since colonisation? What issues does it face today? © Centre for New Zealand Music Trust See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.