Kia hono mai ki tētahi hanga mīharo i te kaipuoro, i a Laughton Kora (Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Pūkeko) e whakatuwhera nei i tana tukanga auaha me te tono i te minenga kia tū hei wāhanga mō te waihangatanga, mō te tuhinga, me te whakaaturanga o tētahi waiata e hou katoa ana i roto i te 60 meneti.

Mā te minenga te momo puoro me ngā kupu matua e whakatakoto ki mua i a Laughton. Ka rere ana te ine-wā, ka rere ngā mahi a Laughton.

Haria mai tō taonga puoro, āpitihia tō reo kia whai wāhi ki te korihi e kīia nei ko te ‘doo-wop’,āpitihia tō ringa kia whai manawataki ai a Laughton, me noho noa rānei kia rangona ai te ngahau o te puoro e hua mai ana.

Kei mahue tēnei ara hou e kitea ai tā te taonga puoro para i te ara o te tukanga tuhituhi nā runga i tētahi ara me uaua ka kitea e te tangata.

Ka rauhītia e Michael rāua ko Matariki Bennett (nō Ngāti Pikiao, nō Ngāti Whakaue hoki).

Be part of something special as musician Laughton Kora (Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Pūkeko) opens his creative process and invites the audience to

be part of conceiving, writing and performing an entirely original waiata in just 60 minutes.

The audience gives Laughton the genre and a key lyric. The timer starts and Laughton goes to work.

Bring your taonga puoro, bring your voices to be part of a doo-wop chorus, bring your hand to give Laughton a backing beat or simply sit back and enjoy the magic unfolding.

Don’t miss this unique opportunity for a performing taonga to lift the curtain on a writing process in a way that few people will ever get a chance to see.

Curated by Michael and Matariki Bennett (Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Whakaue).