Stephen Pene, ‘Sandblasted Panels’, Entrances to Courtrooms 5 & 7 [showing exit], High Court, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington. Images: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand, 2024

Wellington Polytechnic

Ministry of Justice

Wellington | Te Whanganui-a-Tara High Court

Entrance to Courtrooms 5, 6, & 7, Lower Ground Floor, High Court, 2 Molesworth St, Pipitea, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Sandblasted Panels

Stephen Pene was one of four students at the Wellington Polytechnic Course of Contemporary Māori Design in 1992 who were commissioned by the Department of Justice to provide designs for glass panelling on the entrances to the courtrooms in Wellington’s High Court building. The other students were 

Stephen Pene, ‘Sandblasted Panels’, Entrance to Courtrooms 5 & 7, High Court, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington. Images: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand, 2024