Ka Tangi te Kārearea a te Rangi Uaheke
(The Falcon Screams on a Rainy Day)
"When the Kārearea screams on a rainy day, it is an indicator that it will be fine the following day."
Launching soon to coincide with Ngahuru, Autumn Equinox on 20 March 2024, Ka Tangi te Kārearea a te Rangi Uaheke is a solo percussion performance by multi-instrumentalist, producer, composer, and sound artist Riki Pirihi (Ngāti Wai, Ngāti Māhanga Hourua) recorded at the summit of Moe-i-te-rā (Brooklyn Hill) in Te Whanganui a-Tara (Wellington). The ninth weather report from Te Tuhi’s Te Moana Nui ā Kiwa weather station Huarere: Weather Eye, Weather Ear, part of the World Weather Network, the composition is for drums, gongs, and cymbal, and the accompanying sky.