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Te Aika 2021 will be installed on the Avon riverbank in front of Te Pae convention centre in Christchurch. (Artist s impression)
Te Aika was designed by two Ngāi Tahu artists: Rachael Rakena from Christchurch and Simon Kaan of Dunedin. “We hope people are going to love it, and be able to completely take ownership of it,” Kaan said. The sculpture was being produced by the Scape public art organisation with input from Ngāi Tahu cultural adviser Matapopore trust. The artwork cost $440,000, and was funded as part of the Crown s $475 million Te Pae budget.
STACY SQUIRES/Stuff Scape’s Carolyne Grant said with its “very large” dimensions and riverside location,