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Biography
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Richard Nunns
Real name: Richard Anthony Nunns
Effective period / Period of releases: 1994 - 2015
Richard Nunns QSM (born 1945 – died 7 June 2021, aged 75) was a New Zealand Māori traditional instrumentalist of Pākehā (European) heritage. He was particularly known for playing taonga pūoro and his collaboration with fellow Māori instrumentalist Hirini Melbourne. After Melbourne's death, he was regarded as the world's foremost authority on Māori instruments.