and so we find them all over the universe now by Emily Parr (Ngāi Te Rangi, Moana, Pākehā) 2023
Emily Parr's artwork in one of the Galway Street windows of the Hayman Kronfeld Building pays tribute to her great-great-grandparents Gustav and Louisa Kronfeld.
Āhuaiti’s Algorithm by Shane Cotton (Ngāti Rangi, Ngāti Hine, Te Uri Taniwha), 2023
Shane Cotton's painting in the lobby of the Hayman Kronfeld Building refers to a foundational Ngāpuhi tale, honouring the place of Āhuaiti at the head of the iwi's whakapapa.
Aroha ki te Ora by Lonnie Hutchinson (Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Kuri ki Ngāi Tahu, Samoan), 2020
The perforated and folded aluminium panels of Lonnie Hutchinson’s work refer to the Ngāi Tahu creation story, which is unusual in that it features three protagonists: Papatūānuku, Takaroa and Rakinui. The work, commissioned as part of Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art, is made up of two sets of three panels, with one panel representing each of these three figures
Maunga by Shane Cotton (Ngāti Rangi, Ngāti Hine, Te Uri Taniwha), 2020
This five-storey-high artwork by Shane Cotton brings 25 pot forms representing different maunga from around Aotearoa to the heart of Tāmaki Makaurau.
Te Rou Kai by Chaz Doherty (Ngāi Tuhoe), Renata Blair (Ngāti Whātua) and Bernard Makoare (Ngāti Whātua, Te Uri o Hau, Te Waiariki, Te Kaitūtae), 2003
Takutai Square, in which Te Rou Kai is located, is built on reclaimed land. The shoreline here was once a rich source of shellfish like pipi and other kai moana for Māori. This artwork is made up of 16 sculptural stones, steel pipi shells, and pop jets that shoot water upwards, representing the squirting action of the shellfish as they filter water for oxygen before expelling it.
Pou Tū Te Rangi by Chris Bailey (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Hako, Ngāti Paoa, Te Aupōuri, Irish), 2011
These seven distinct pou watch over the courtyard of The Pavilions and are visible from Tuawhiti Lane outside The Hotel Britomart. The work’s title translates as ‘standing posts reaching for the heavens’, and emphasises the connections between humanity, earth and sky.
Symphony, by Shannon Novak 2018
The semi-permanent artwork called ‘Symphony ’is by artist Shannon Novak, and covers the airbridges that connect the two Westpac buildings in Britomart. The work was first installed for Pride 2018, and makes for a dazzling display of colour and shape when viewed from Galway Street. Those inside the airbridges are bathed in a kaleidoscope of pastel shades as they pass from building to building.
Long Burning Flame, Look to Whiria by Shane Cotton (Ngāti Rangi, Ngāti Hine, Te Uri Taniwha), 2021
This painting retells an important Ngāpuhi narrative: that of the explorer Kupe who, struggling to find the entrance to the Hokianga Harbour, was guided into it by the light falling upon Te Ramaroa, the maunga whose name translates as ‘the long burning flame’.
