Untitled [Ellis and Sons Winery mural]

1992

Bert Wagenvoort

Accessible

Type

  • Mural

Medium

  • Paint

Dimensions

  • H2780 x W4449mm

Bert Wagenvoort, Untitled [Ellis and Sons Winery mural] (1992), Tākaka

Image: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand, Feb 2025

1992–Current

North wall, 80 Commercial St, Tākaka, Mohua Golden Bay

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Description

An information panel installed with the work reads:

“This mural includes a view of one of the first wineries in New Zealand. Ellis and Sons Winery of Clifton Road Golden Bay established 1968. They made beverages from locally grown fruits for a keen local market and shipped barrels over to Nelson. The winery prospered until it was dramatically destroyed by a flask flood in the mid 1930s.

“Bert Wagenvoort was commissioned in 1992 to create this mural which has become a respectable town feature. Renovation of the artwork in 2006 by C.J. Finlayson was made possible by members of the wider community donating funds to the project. Thanks also to - Take Note Takaka; The Brigand, Norton Feasey Assoc; G.B. Surveyors; The Mussel Inn; Community Arts Council; Bob Wells; Trash Palace; Mana Plumbers.”

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