The book Taonga Pūoro is written by master carver and Māori instrument maker Brian Flintoff and includes background to the tunes played on the instruments and their families of natural sound with which they are associated.

There are sections covering the various types of instruments, such as flutes, gourds, wood and shell trumpets and bullroarers; but what breathes life into the book is the way that the technical information about each instrument is interwoven with the mythological and cultural context to which it belongs.

The book comes with a CD sampler of sounds.

It can be purchased from Craig Potton Publishing | Amazon.