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Tuesday, 27 July 2021, 4:23 pm
The
history of Hamilton’s five local hapuu is the inspiration
behind spectacular new artwork on the Waikato
River.
The artwork has been incorporated into the new
central city jetty, which is now open for anyone to use,
below Waikato Museum. The new jetty is a floating pontoon
that can rise and fall with river levels and replaces the
previous fixed wooden structure.
Meanwhile, a new
revetment wall running below the jetty, will help make the
riverbank more accessible, so more people can enjoy the
riverside.
The artwork includes five pou (pillars)
featuring sculptures representing ancestral stories from
Manaakitanga remains important for Ngāti Korokī Kahukura as kaitiaki of the Karāpiro Valley.
Lake Karāpiro is a famous sports park where world-class competitions take place and champions compete, but few would know about the hurt and pain its construction caused. Lawrence Gullery reports. On a warm summer morning, teams of young rowers speed across the surface of Lake Karāpiro, preparing to become the sport’s next international champions. Most are oblivious that below the surface of the lake lie some of the most sacred places and memories for iwi, in particular Ngāti Hauā and Ngāti Korokī Kahukura.
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A whakatauki by Kiingi Tawhiao affirming the relationship between Waikato Tainui and Taranaki is one of the inspirations for a major new exhibition at New Plymouth’s Govett Brewster Art Gallery.
Ngaati Korokii Kahukura artist Brett Graham says he dwelt on the whakatauki during a two month gallery residency in Taranaki in 2019, during which he visited Parihaka where Tawhiao sent 12 representatives to help the prophets with their work.
The exhibition includes a mine metre Niu pole, a symbol of the Hauhau movement that lives on in the practice of Pai Maarire which still goes on among Tainui Marae.