Grammy award winning featured soloist and Maori musical instrument specialist Jerome Kavanagh hails from the Mokai Patea, Maniapoto, Kahungunu tribes (Maori) and the Caomhanach clan (Irish). He was first introduced to the sound of Taonga Puoro at aged 16 by one of his aunties. A family owned Koauau was the first instrument he recalls learning to play. Maintaining his strong roots, …