Large macrocarpa gateway to Aotea Square. 

"The aim of this waharoa (gateway) is to welcome and embrace manuhiri (visitors) to Aotea Square. I chose the wood as the medium because it already has mauri (lifeforce) of its own that would exude warmth in an enviornment dominated by steel, glass, and stone." 

~ Selwyn Muru cited in Tara Werner et al. 

Aotea Centre : Works of Art. Centre 1992: 

Selwyn Muru (Ngāpuhi, Te Aupōuri), ‘Waharoa’ (1990/2010) [from Queen Street], Aotea Square, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Image: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand, 2021

Selwyn Muru (Ngāpuhi, Te Aupōuri), ‘Waharoa’ (1990/2010) [form Aotea Square], Aotea Square, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Selwyn Muru (Ngāpuhi, Te Aupōuri), ‘Waharoa’ (1990/2010), Aotea Square, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Waharoa

Selwyn Muru

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1989–Current

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