But taonga

is a word that I feel like most...

Definitely all Māori and most kind of people probably... have their own kind of definition of it, which is going to be about right for them in their context.

Puoro, oro is like resonance, kind of sound waves, and puoro, taonga puoro altogether is kind of like the origins of sound and sound waves and resonance.

Not to use like a kind of new age word, almost like sonic life force, you know what I mean? It doesn't translate well.

But yeah, so that's kind of what taonga pērua are.

So when they get translated as musical instruments, it's not its full understanding.

that