Whangarei Sculpture and Art
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www.wdc.govt.nz www.WhangareiNZ.com [email protected] Tel 64 9 430 1188 430 9 64 Tel Town Basin, 91 Dent St, Whangarei St, Dent 91 Basin, Town dedicated solely to Contemporary Maori Art. Maori Contemporary to solely dedicated Te Manawa The Hub Information Centre Information Hub The Manawa Te Gallery will be the world’s first and only art gallery gallery art only and first world’s the be will Gallery such galleries in the world. The Wairau Mäori Art Art Mäori Wairau The world. the in galleries such [email protected] 50 original Hundertwasser works, one of only two two only of one works, Hundertwasser original 50 Tel 64 9 438 1079 438 9 64 Tel Gallery. The Hundertwasser Gallery will house house will Gallery Hundertwasser The Gallery. Tarewa Park, 92 Otaika Road, Whangarei Road, Otaika 92 Park, Tarewa Hundertwasser Gallery and the Wairau Mäori Art Art Mäori Wairau the and Gallery Hundertwasser Whangarei i-SITE Visitor Centre Visitor i-SITE Whangarei HAC will contain two world class galleries: The The galleries: class world two contain will HAC transformed into an artwork on a grand scale. The The scale. grand a on artwork an into transformed behind Te Käkano) at the Town Basin will be be will Basin Town the at Käkano) Te behind Harbour Board Building (the white/green building building white/green (the Building Board Harbour construction in the world. The current Northland Northland current The world. the in construction centre will be the last authentic Hundertwasser Hundertwasser authentic last the be will centre building is planned to commence in 2018. This art art This 2018. in commence to planned is building HAC will be 100 times the size of Te Käkano and and Käkano Te of size the times 100 be will HAC Centre (HAC) with Wairau Mäori Art Gallery. The The Gallery. Art Mäori Wairau with (HAC) Centre proposed construction of the Hundertwasser Art Art Hundertwasser the of construction proposed the opportunity to adapt their skills for the the for skills their adapt to opportunity the It has been created to give builders and artists artists and builders give to created been has It elements of Hundertwasser’s style. style. Hundertwasser’s of elements sculpture in the shape of a koru using all the the all using koru a of shape the in sculpture Te Käkano (The Seed) is an architectural architectural an is Seed) (The Käkano Te KANO Ä K TE 1. AND ART AND 16. Waka and wave, Hihiaua Peninsula Hihiaua wave, and Waka 16. SCULPTURE SCULPTURE Photo credit: Minette Hanekom Minette credit: Photo WHANGAREI central SCULPTURE TRAIL, TOWN BASIN 2. KAITIAKI 10. AURERE - JOURNEY OF THE WAKA T k T S a s o S whangarei A m d A O n m O Manos Nathan, 2002. Fired clay. A two metre tall figure conveying C o M a C Anna Korver, 2012. Takaka marble, basalt base. The story of the a AN A l SE k D S A T D A a uarry K s RE O A K Q E R g o i T O t A R lk O A both welcome and guardianship, the meaning of Kaitiaki, to a dens L n journey and the balance and protection found betweenw G ather people, K f M IL K u U A M o K U ip T T D k Whangarei Art Museum. U y U EV i ER T T A S T O the land and the birds. B H N OR S T TR LA E s N ET et D 3. PARIHAKA rk ST 8. Punga, Town Basin Sculpture Traila RE m ET 11. DOBBIE CANOPY er Quarry p e to u riv dens s Sandra Meyst, 2010. Oamaru Stone Coronation d Gar Reserve Trish Clarke, 2011. Stainless steel. Based on the local flora of DO E NA IV LD R S 4. TE RONGOPAI D T R S EE the area this canopy reflects the work of author and fern collector L W T L I O arts & H L cr F af N & w ts R S alkin E T Brothers Thomas, Stanford and George Wihongi, 2000. Carved g t T R H.B. Dobbie who in 1910 donated 122 acresra of land on the face of S E c E A E k U T s W B T R EE E s Quarry Arts R Y ll totora. Te Rongopai symbolises the settlement of Whangarei T S a S TR d F Parihaka to the Whangarei Borough CouncilCentre to enable the area to K E e i N E e e A T R r B H ga and represents the early interaction between Maori and Pakeha A n SE a LW to h be enjoyed by all. Y e W N v AV ri & inhabitants. It is a multi-cultural portrayal of the community, with E d NU rk E SH1 a P ri u the two figures represented in a contemporary style, rather than 12. HEI MATAU a K E NU strictly traditional. VE A T H EE Nigel Scanlon, 2014. Puhipuhi and WhakaparaT basalt. R IF A T F S LK T O E F E R 5. THE GHOST MOTH R Whitecross O reimagination of the hook in different textures. Both of the basalts T G N S V R IN EY R E S E RY T ark D L R r P N A EE ai A N & E T M out Warren Viscoe, 2004. Sheet aluminium and wood. Reflecting used in the sculpture were sourced from the same mountain near X o ok Mander E ET t o L E k L lls A l a Fa TR a k ei Park history S Hatea w ha ar VE und ks, T ri ng DRI gro oo N a a the persistence of nature, along with the rhythm, balance and Whakapara. LS ay b ernet U SE River P h IL pl int H T A W H & EE D VI R E EW N N T R E T D U S R E VEN K S I E symmetry of the building at Cafler Park it was originally designed T A N Laurie TR VE IV S IRD A E R ve pool! E H B D T Old Hall Park ET A wa W E 9. Kaitiaki Manu AT 13. LEGEND OF REITU AND REIPAE C 12. Hei Matau E Library H for. N emorial Aquatic T m D T R Library ar OA S w Centre R D A round ING L L UE yg N pla W A A AVE & E N K V D R DO John Ioane, 2011, Macrocapa wood, epoxyA resin.E ReituON and Reipae U NE N A U N C S L U SE Botanica RY I U T O R D 6. SENTINEL 2000 K E T RI Forum A C O V A f A ER Canopy V F e B SI R a R & rns E E D E E r N T D O North R R Bridge t U T T IV is s U E A ca i , T E E a t were twin sisters from the Waikato region who fell inct love witha tthere E B R n e D e T th ian S E S mark E ances r T ON NU orm st R HB Charlotte Fisher, 2000. Bronze and stone. In celebration of the VE erf e ll E AT A p entre E R T ic c d a T IRS civ e young Chieftain/Ueoneone. Read how this love storyF plays out& on p m ET AD millennium, this work alludes to peoples long past who inhabited TRE E RO S S D VAL ME E JA N 1 Cafler Park & T in mar a the panels that are part of the Heritage Trail along the Hatea Loop. S T T this place - both indigenous Maori and colonising Pakeha. The Rose Gardens E R E Central City SH1 R E T E S Shopping cbd T K N es A EET forms are also evocative of the qualities of boats; textures in ros B V TR he I S 14. LANDFALL l t N HN , see, play D l E JO at , OA e e S R T S T DA e EE T EE d sho UN l m TR STR C an p! D S R Y A l s R R LIT bronze of the ripples in the nearby river. E E UA M i AT Q v W O E S T E a R Growers E g O Information Centre, 2 r S N Justin Murfitt, 2011, Concrete, reinforcinga steel.D Market T A These forms d RO W R S Whangarei Art Museum & NU AL E T Town AU TON E R M STR T E Bus Terminal 7. LOTTIE EE E T T T to mimic seabirds landing, providing a sense of movement and Rose Street REE N ST Basin Bus Terminal WALTO et SH14 Police ark Kap Pothan, 1989. Paradise sandstone. Reyburn House is the u m PUNGA GROV maun Station er E arrival. p 7 shopping u s a P Tarewa t rts d oldest surviving settlers’ house in Whangarei and home to H ar , c ar ri pital A l g ra ih ve os N fu las f t h Mega Centre C ti . sbl t ak o to D A N u Claphams .