Waiora

1974

Paratene Matchitt

Accessible

Type

  • Mural

Medium

  • Paint
  • Particle board/Chip board

Dimensions

  • H3230 x W9650 x D60mm

Paratene Matchitt, ‘Waiora’ (1974), Waikato Hospital, Kirikiriroa Hamilton
Image: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa NZ, 2024

2011–Current

Main entry, Te Rau Aroha, Hague Road Carpark Building, Waikato Hospital, Kirikiriroa Hamilton

1974–2011

Menzies Building, Waikato Hospital

Artists
Associated Artwork Organisation(s)
    • Waikato Hospital Arts Advisory Committee (Commissioner)
    • Rotoract Club of Cambridge (Fundraiser)
    • Rotoract Club of Te Awamutu (Fundraiser)
    • Rotoract Club of Hamilton (Fundraiser)
    • Rotoract Club of Hamilton North (Fundraiser)
    • Waikato Health Trust (Funder of restoration)

Description

A plaque installed with the work reads:

“Originally located in the Menzies Building, this artwork was commissioned by the Waikato Hospital Arts Advisory Committee in 1974 with funds raised by the Rotaract Clubs of Cambridge, Te Awamutu, Hamilton and Hamilton North.

“In 2011, the Arts Advisory Committee commissioned Para Matchitt to move, restore and update the artwork to the ‘main entry - Te Rau Aroha’ in the Hague Road Carpark Building.

“Waikato Health Trust funded the restoration.”

See also:

  • Damien Skinner, ‘The Carver and the Artist: Maori Art in the Twentieth Century’ (Auckland University Press: 2008), p.157