Untitled [3 central pou]

1981

Tuti Tukaokao (presumed)

Accessible

Type

  • Pou
  • Whakairo

Medium

  • Wood

Dimensions

  • 3 @ H1900 x W220 x D220mm

Three central pou presumed to be the work of Tuti Tukaokao and made at the same time as other works commissioned by McDonald's Rotorua c. 1981.

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

1981–Current

Self-service ordering station/seating area to LHS of main counter, McDonalds, cnr Amohau & Fenton Streets, Rotorua

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Description

In 1981 McDonalds Rotorua commissioned Tuti Tukaokao to provide artworks for the new building. Tukaokao created a total of 3 pou, 5 murals, 7 kowhaiwahi panels and other internal carvings. he also provide an external sculpture in 1997.

The pou run down the central seating area to the LHS of the main counter.