Untitled [four kōwhaiwhai panels]

1981

Tuti Tukaokao

Accessible

Type

  • Painting

Medium

  • Paint
  • Customwood/MDF

Dimensions

  • 4 @ H1630 x W550mm

Tuti Tukaokao (Ngāti Ranginui, Te Arawa), 'Untitled (four kōwhaiwhai panels)' (1981), McDonald's, Rotorua.

Image: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand, 2022

1981–Current

Surrounding the self-service ordering stations to LHS of main counter, McDonalds, cnr Amohau & Fenton Streets, Rotorua

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Description

In 1981 McDonald's Rotorua commissioned Tuti Tukaokao to produce artworks for their new building. Tukaokao created a total of 3 pou, 5 murals, 7 kōwhaiwahi panels and other internal carvings. He also completed an external sculpture in 1997.