Wairepo - Stories of a wetland

A musical and poetic walk through a small place with a big story.

Audiowalk created by Nora Hansen (norahansen.de) and the digital experience by Jonas Hansen (pixelsix.net) as part of the Kawakawa Wetland Residency 2024.

Featuring stories by Sonja van Kerkhoff and Sen McGlinn, Maori proverbs by Wiremu Keretene and Binny Birch, poetry by Piet Nieuwland (pietnieuwland.com), music played by Nora Hansen, Ensemble La Rubina (la-rubina.de) and I Fedeli (ifedeli.org) and Taonga Pūoro (trad. Maori instruments) by Ben Hoadley (soundcloud.com/ben-hoadley).

Audiowalk

The physical audio walk can be experienced on site in Kawakawa with the Guidemate app. More information can be found here: https://guidemate.com/guide/Wairepo-Stories-of-a-wetland-6705dbf8f1a2ba65a503ae4...

Music

G. Ph. Telemann (1681-1767) | Fantasia Nr. 2: Adagio
Nora Hansen - baroque bassoon

G. Ph. Telemann (1681-1767) | Fantasia Nr. 2: Allegro
Nora Hansen - baroque bassoon

Nora Hansen (*1977) | Ebb and Flow
Nora Hansen - baroque bassoon

H. Schütz (1585-1672) | Ich liege und schlafe
Ensemble La Rubina: Nora Hansen - dulcian, Christoph Sommer - theorbo, Zita Mikijanska - organ

Nora Hansen (*1977) | Funny Geese Duet
Nora Hansen - piano

John Walsh (publ.) | The Bird Fancyer’s Delight (1717): Tune for the Woodlark, Tune for the Sparrow Nightingale
Nora Hansen - recorder

trad. Maori instrumental
Ben Hoadley - pūtōrino, kōauau

Nora Hansen (*1977) | baleful
Nora Hansen - baroque bassoon

L. Senfl (1490-1543) | Tandernac
Ensemble I Fedeli: Josué Meléndez - cornetto, Katharina Andres - bombard, Catherine Motuz - slide trumpet, Maximillien Brisson - sackbutt, Nora Hansen - dulcian

Poetry

Piet Nieuwland (*1956) | When we go down to the waters

Kawakawa Wetland Residency 2024

• Wairepo Wetland Stories - Episode 1 (permajam game)
• Wairepo Wetland Stories - Episode 2 (card puzzle game)
• Wairepo Wetland Stories - Episode 3 (musical and poetic walk)

More information on this wetland:

• www.sonjavank.com/dump
• A wetland down under (Youtube)

More information on wetlands in general:

• wetlands.org: Wetlands-and-Global-Climate-Change.pdf
• ejfoundation.org: Wetlands-briefing-2024-v4b.pdf
• sciencelearn.org: wetlands

For every hectare of wetland saved, we protect life, biodiversity, and the future of our planet.