There, standing with his back to the sea is a sandstone carving of Ngāti Toa tipuna and orator Te Rangihaeata. The work is by Herman Salzman and marks the start of a community funded writers’ walk along the harbour s edge. It’s bittersweet this walk, knowing what an abundant, healthy harbour it used to be. I listened to kaumātua back at the marae talking about once walking down and collecting kaimoana. I wondered what we could have gone back to tell our ancestors, to avoid this current reality.
Arihia Latham
A window-shaped Michael King commemorative sculpture, by Michael Bennington, offers another chance to look out over the harbour and dream the reality on the other side, from before, or ahead.