Taihape taonga puoro artist Jerome Kavanagh has teamed up with UK musician Kevin Mark Trail to help people to connect with their community.
An accomplished taonga puoro (traditional Maori instruments) player, Kavanagh met Trail in London where they were both recording and performing a few years ago.
Trail has been living in New Zealand recently where he's released a solo album and worked with New Zealand group Sola Rosa.
The pair met up again and began discussing running workshops throughout the country aiming to encourage a sense of community through music, especially for younger people.
From that the Te Po Te Ao (from the dark to the light) workshop was born. "We're just looking at the power of music and culture and language," Kavanagh said.