TAKU WANA
HELEN FISHER

Helen Fisher’s music gently convinces us that a creative marriage between Maori and western cultures is indeed possible. Her sound world is mellow and sensuous, with a natural organic flow driven by a quiet determination. When the players in her 1994 String Quartet intone a solemn Maori chant, we feel Fisher’s depth of commitment in her journey with Maori, and what’s more, we catch a tantalizing whiff of a new New Zealand Music.

Eve de Castro-Robinson