Te Toki Haruru - the resounding adze
Welcome to Te Toki Haruru, the creative platform of Aotearoa New Zealand based artist Charles Koroneho, focused on indigenous research, intercultural collaboration and the intersection between dance, theatre, design and visual arts.
I was made into a pou and given a function to perform. My form was shaped according to that function and I became an object of culture, my eyes rolled back into their sockets, tongue protruding, hands and body trembling. After every breath, I expelled a noise and willingly accepted instruction. Many marks adorned my form and I was captured.
I was positioned in a place between my function and the world, it transformed me into a rock, then a bird and I settled on branches that were different. I become unraveled and anxious, prey to difference. I will consume myself and offer up an escape for change. I chose performance to understand restriction, negotiate its contentious site and step into accepting my anxiety.
The adze can also shape and form a pou, that I desire.
I was positioned in a place between my function and the world, it transformed me into a rock, then a bird and I settled on branches that were different. I become unraveled and anxious, prey to difference. I will consume myself and offer up an escape for change. I chose performance to understand restriction, negotiate its contentious site and step into accepting my anxiety.
The adze can also shape and form a pou, that I desire.
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Bird of Passage Project Development 2025-26
Performance | Poetry | Digital & Live Installation 
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Featured ProjectRua I Te 2025
Ko Te Ākau Digital - Te Atamira Matihiko 02 - 09 March 2025 Vancouver, BC Canada 
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