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Back to EpisodesMaking Moriori and Rēkohu Chatham Island culture contemporary
Published 2 years, 6 months ago
Description
Born and raised in Rēkohu, the largest of the Chatham Islands, musician and storyteller Ajay Peni is a young ambassador for the revitalisation of Moriori culture and its rongo, or music.
While now based in Perth, Peni’s blues-rock group Black Robin provides a contemporary musical window into the experiences and stories of this remote and wild South-Eastern part of Aotearoa New Zealand.