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Compiled a few moments of the @sonichapori girls street takeover at @samoahouselibrary last Friday!!
Pretty special as it was my first time hearing Rona 💞 taken in Tāmaki Makaurau - Auckland by @sonichapori

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Thanks to everyone that came to the heartbeat of Rona! Looking forward to her big life ahead.

All the aroha and mana (((SH)))

Rona b. Matariki 2026 taken in Moon by @sonichapori

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3 months ago

Something happened on rākaunui…. 🌕 We blinked and there she was! Rona!!!
We are officially one wiki away…

More details on what and where very soon!!
Love u! by @sonichapori

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Oh we in da workshop today

Rona’s manawa teaching us A LOT

We can’t wait to meet her and can’t wait to share!!!!

Sys!!!!
🌒 by @sonichapori

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Current exhibitions | ‘Rona' by Sonic Hapori

As the pūrākau goes, ‘Rona’ was a wahine of great mana. One night when the moon was full, she went to fill her tahā with water. On her way down the path, a cloud passed over Rakaunui, casting a shadow over her path. ‘Rona’ fell and cursed te Marama. Filled with rage, te Marama snatched her from Papatūānuku. With her tahā in one hand, she reached out for a ngaio tree nearby. When the moon is full, you can see ‘Rona’ holding her tahā and clinging to the ngaio tree, listening to ‘fat dubs’.

“Kia mahara ki te hē o Rona”

“Remember the fault of Rona”

Here we celebrate ‘Rona’ and her fortitude to break rules, remembering her hē as a tohu for radical imaginings. Over the time of Matariki, she evolves from a tahā suspended from te orokohanga with an umbilical cord of muka connecting her to a pito of sound seen as a speaker, into a staunch sound system that will be listening to you until she’s ready to sing.

‘Rona' is on view until 19 July 2026.

Te Tuhi, 21 William Roberts Road, Pakuranga
Open daily, 9am-5pm – Free entry

Follow the link in bio for more images and to read about Sonic Hapori’s work.

Images:
1: Sonic Hapori
'Rona', 2026 (installation view)
hue, copper, muka, speaker
commissioned by Te Tuhi, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
photo by Sam Hartnett

2-4: Sonic Hapori
'Rona', 2026 (detail)
hue, copper, muka, speaker
commissioned by Te Tuhi, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
photo by Sam Hartnett

@sonichapori #sonichapori
#tetuhi #tetuhiart #artexhibition #artgallery #contemporaryart #eastauckland #pakuranga by @sonichapori

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Thank you for all the love and kind words and tuning into first Sonic Hapori Radio on @95bfm
We be back every last Friday of the month 2-4pm
Mana wahine running it up and lifting one another up in soundsystem and in the arts

Peace and love
Salam and Mauri Ora

(((SH))) by @sonichapori

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Upcoming Exhibition | Sonic Hapori: Rona

“Kia mahara ki te hē o ‘Rona’”

“Remember the fault of ‘Rona’”

Here we celebrate ‘Rona’ and her fortitude to break rules, remembering her hē as a tohu for radical imaginings. Over the time of Matariki, she evolves from a tahā suspended from te orokohanga with an umbilical cord of muka connecting her to a pito of sound seen as a speaker, into a staunch sound system that will be listening to you until she’s ready to sing.

24 May – 19 July 2026
Te Tuhi, 21 William Roberts Road, Pakuranga
Opening celebration: Sat 23 May, 4-6pm – everyone welcome!
Follow the link in bio for more details.

Image: Sonic Hapori. Image courtesy of the artist.

@sonichapori
#tetuhi #tetuhiart #sonichapori #contemporaryart by @sonichapori

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5 months ago

(((SH))) PRE ORDERS OPEN (((SH)))

Send us a DM if your keen

Let us know…
☆ Singlet or Tee
☆ Black or White
☆ Size
☆ Picking up or ($8) postage outside of Tāmaki

These are $35ea and will be ready for FEB 15!!

All the pūtea raised goes directly into our build!

Love u on echooooooo by @sonichapori

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9 months ago

THANK YOU
LOVE YOUS

To everyone who came to SONIC HAPORI LIVE at @tbc.radio and brought their wairua into the space 🌀 It was a beautiful day of music, awhis, full bellies, crack ups and kanikanis.

Special thank you to sponsors and support
@redrobinrecords @pici.krd @drink_pals @goblin_akl @thestickerguy_nz

@dylanbiscuit @schleelee @_goldtooth_

We raised $950 with your support and *Rona* is on her way
👀 🌒 🛻 🔊 🌞 🌀

Can’t wait to share more, follow along for build updates💫 by @sonichapori

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9 months ago

Our whakatau is almost here 💫
We cant wait to see you this Saturday!

(((SH))) LIVE! @tbc.radio / SAT 20 DEC / 68 NEW NORTH ROAD/ 2PM -8PM

Stream Times:
🔊2-3pm AjHoneysuckle + HabibtiDub (((SH)))
🔊3-3-30pm Open decks! Bring your favourite record to play!
🔊3:30-5 pm DylanBiscuit + Leon Aoki
🔊5-6 pm Ilish and Kaiviti (((SH)))
🔊6-7:30pm Goldtooth
🔊7:30-8pm Open decks again! More vinyl!

Sonic Hapori Crew and whanau on kai duties! Come have a inu, and enjoy the music all afternoon on the radio waves! Hang in the cutie garden out the back! Plus T-shirts and zines we’ve made with lurrrv to fund our first soundsystem build will be available too. A raffle 👀 Also don’t forget to bring your favourite record to play during the open deck slots 💿 💚🖤💚
If you can’t make it you can always tune in (www.tbc.radio) ☀️

Our kaupapa and some kupu you’ll find in the (((SH))) zines in the second slide x

(TBC is wheelchair accessible ❤️)

Mauri Ora and Salam!
(((SH))) by @sonichapori

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10 months ago

Kia ora, we are 🌀SONIC HAPORI 🌀

A collective of artists, writers, producers, and music lovers reclaiming space through the intersection of art and sound and want to build a soundsystem from the underground up in resistance to austerity and exclusion in the arts!

We are having a gathering on the 20th Dec @tbc.radio - 68 New North Road, Eden Terrace and would love to have you there. We reckon you are awesome and feel it is important to have you with us at this part of our haerenga.

We know it’s a busy part of the year - our time together runs from 2-8pm. Save the date and we hope to see you there! There will be a live stream with DJs/Kai and opportunities to tautoko our first kaupapa.

SONIC HAPORI! LIVE!
Saturday 20th Dec
@tbc.radio, 68 New North Road, Eden Terrace
Live Stream from 2-8pm
DJS/KAI/MERCH/ZINE/OPENDECKS (more details to come)
Money raised from this whakatau will be going towards our first build.
A moving soundsystem for the summer.
We are all an evolving frequency!
A system of Sound!
Mauri ora!
(((SH))) by @sonichapori

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