17 Sep 2024

The world of Moriori

From Afternoons, 1:25 pm on 17 September 2024

A new exhibition about Moriori at Tūhura Otago Museum is being described as close as you could get to the Chatham Islands culture, environment and people without actually going there. The multimedia exhibition Hou Rongo - Moriori, Music, Manawa opened on the 14th of September and runs to October 27. 

Jesse talks to project lead Dr. Gianna Savoie about how she and her team brought the Moriori culture to life. 

Windswept tree on a grassy hill above a windswept beach at Kahunene. Chatham Islands. 873 km. east of New Zealand.

Windswept tree on a grassy hill above a windswept beach at Kahunene. Chatham Islands. 873 km. east of New Zealand. Photo: Andris Apse