Reid Carving

1930

Tene Waitere

Accessible

Type

  • Waharoa

Medium

  • Wood
  • Paint
  • Paua shell

Dimensions

  • Overall H3280 x W3690mm (column bases H1480 x W300 x D300mm; posts H1800mm; lintel H410 x W3090 x D170mm)

Tene Waitere (Ngāti Tarawhai, Te Arawa), ‘Reid Carving’ (1930), Taupō

Image: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand, Sept 2023

1969–Current

Lakefront at cnr Lake Terrace & Ferry Rd, Taupō

1930–1969

Entrance to Tongariro North Domain, Taupō

Artists
Associated Artwork Person(s)
    • Mrs Ruihi (Lucy) Rongoheikume Reid (Donor)
Associated Artwork Organisation(s)

Description

A sign installed with the work explains how this whakairo is part of a series commemorating Tūhourangi and Ngāti Tūwharetoa whakapapa of the Rotorua and Taupō area.

The work was gifted to the people of the Taupō District in 1930 by Mrs Ruihi (Lucy) Rongoheikume Reid (the artist’s niece) and her husband George Reid. Originally installed as the entrance to Tongariro North Domain, it was moved to the current location in 1969.

The wharenui Te Aroha o Rongoheikume (for the love of Lucy Reid) that greets visitors entering Taupō Museum, was carved by Tene Waitere at around the same time.

See also: