He mātātoa motuhake a Rob Thorne (Ngāti Tumutumu) i te haerenga hurihuri o taonga puoro. Māna e whiriwhiri ēnei reo o neherā ki ngā oro me ngā hangarau o nāianei kia hua ai ko ngā titonga roa, ngā titonga ātaahua e whakamahi ai i ngā koromeke huarua kia ranu ai te mea hou ki te mea tawhito. I roto i āna mahi hei kaitito, hei kaiwhakaari, hei kaitito ohia, hei kaimahi takitini, hei tohunga tikanga tangata hoki, e whai ana ia i te haerenga tuakiri, kua mahi ai ia i ngā rangahau mō ngā kohinga whare taonga, kua whakaako ia, kua whakaatu hoki ia i ngā taonga puoro. Ko tāna whakaaturanga whare taonga ko “Kōauau: The Music Within” he mea tipi haere ki ngā kokonga o Aotearoa i roto i te rima tau, he whakaohooho hoki ki ngā tāngata tokomaha he mea māmā noa te hanga me te whakatangi i ngā taonga puoro.