Auckland Council
Also known as:
- Te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau
39 Artworks
Auckland Council Te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau is the largest territorial authority in Aotearoa. It was formed in 2007 by the amalgamation of Auckland Regional Council and the seven city and district councils of Tāmaki Makaurau.
Auckland Public Art / He Kohinga Toi manages a collection of more than 400 public art works for the Council, as well as commissioning new works.
See also:
- Auckland Public Art / He Kohinga Toi website.
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Aleko Kyriakos, 'Sappho' (1972), CBD, Tāmaki Makaurau.
Image: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand, 2021
- Associated Artworks
![Untitled [Bledisloe House Frieze]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Faem3610x%2Fproduction%2F2f82a54ee4bff1033ec0e96480360a52cdeae08c-1549x800.jpg%3Frect%3D375%2C0%2C800%2C800%26w%3D330%26h%3D330%26fit%3Dclip&w=750&q=75)
Untitled [Bledisloe House Frieze]
1956
Guy Ngan
![Untitled [Parnell Baths]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Faem3610x%2Fproduction%2Fd9c570000a6691d729d50166088191785f63cd98-1596x1080.jpg%3Frect%3D258%2C0%2C1080%2C1080%26w%3D330%26h%3D330%26fit%3Dclip&w=750&q=75)
Untitled [Parnell Baths]
1957
James Turkington
![Mosaic Mural for BJ Ball Building](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Faem3610x%2Fproduction%2Fd29b103aa8f16200ba87e0fb5218c96bb1bac92f-1722x1080.jpg%3Frect%3D321%2C0%2C1080%2C1080%26w%3D330%26h%3D330%26fit%3Dclip&w=750&q=75)
Mosaic Mural for BJ Ball Building
1957
Milan Mrkusich
![Anchor Stones (Matahorua and Tainui)](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Faem3610x%2Fproduction%2F0372c392afb25008005ee1fb3b37aedbbe400ca0-878x1080.jpg%3Frect%3D0%2C101%2C878%2C878%26w%3D330%26h%3D330%26fit%3Dclip&w=750&q=75)
Anchor Stones (Matahorua and Tainui)
1959
Russell Clark
![Te Ika-a-Maui](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Faem3610x%2Fproduction%2F4941f1400ddbf18a41de355c3a9e79412f777453-1011x876.jpg%3Frect%3D68%2C0%2C876%2C876%26w%3D330%26h%3D330%26fit%3Dclip&w=750&q=75)
Te Ika-a-Maui
1962
E. Mervyn Taylor
![Karangahape Rocks](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Faem3610x%2Fproduction%2Ffb66e19c97247434af28c042c8f2264a810656d6-1080x1080.jpg%3Fw%3D330%26h%3D330%26fit%3Dclip&w=750&q=75)
Karangahape Rocks
1968
Greer Twiss
![Smirnoff Centenary Sculpture](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Faem3610x%2Fproduction%2Fc399e52f6305efd1d2fa05c6104fb2b2d9e67e64-1080x1080.jpg%3Fw%3D330%26h%3D330%26fit%3Dclip&w=750&q=75)
Smirnoff Centenary Sculpture
1969
Marté Szirmay
![Signals](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Faem3610x%2Fproduction%2F36722d70d834074ff61ae2a74dab5f974ec6ff05-773x1080.jpg%3Frect%3D0%2C154%2C773%2C773%26w%3D330%26h%3D330%26fit%3Dclip&w=750&q=75)
Signals
1971
Helen Escobedo de Kirsebom
![Teal Park Rocks](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Faem3610x%2Fproduction%2F13a353f08400dbba85a709a4f3d82befa62e5c08-999x999.jpg%3Fw%3D330%26h%3D330%26fit%3Dclip&w=750&q=75)
Teal Park Rocks
1971
Guy Ngan
![Sappho](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Faem3610x%2Fproduction%2F8a5a05d302c2310f2decd1e761099c1d3dd3143b-1659x1080.jpg%3Frect%3D290%2C0%2C1080%2C1080%26w%3D330%26h%3D330%26fit%3Dclip&w=750&q=75)
Sappho
1972
Aleko Kyriakos
![A.H.I. - W.H. Bond Sculpture](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Faem3610x%2Fproduction%2F6f69f1e16e5979ce1f48564e859b4a719c4d9c8c-1080x1080.jpg%3Fw%3D330%26h%3D330%26fit%3Dclip&w=750&q=75)
A.H.I. - W.H. Bond Sculpture
1973
Jim Palmer
![Mountain Fountain](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Faem3610x%2Fproduction%2F6e1f3e8290e0f9cec172980f8cc5624852dfc5e3-1079x1080.jpg%3Frect%3D0%2C1%2C1079%2C1079%26w%3D330%26h%3D330%26fit%3Dclip&w=750&q=75)
Mountain Fountain
1981
Terry Stringer
![Meandering Spiral](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Faem3610x%2Fproduction%2Fcf5ccceadb21b8b6f1d9e24df794966ba62b3488-1080x1080.jpg%3Fw%3D330%26h%3D330%26fit%3Dclip&w=750&q=75)
Meandering Spiral
1986
Marté Szirmay
![Fish Canopy](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Faem3610x%2Fproduction%2F105661d9af204eec9ef27de574f281f8cc458f04-769x1080.jpg%3Frect%3D0%2C156%2C769%2C769%26w%3D330%26h%3D330%26fit%3Dclip&w=750&q=75)
Fish Canopy
1987
Rewi Thompson
Aronui Trust Carvers
Whaiora Marae
![Genoa](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Faem3610x%2Fproduction%2Fe32f22ab1a62e73e8bd58398a9d9c634920babbb-909x1080.jpg%3Frect%3D0%2C86%2C909%2C909%26w%3D330%26h%3D330%26fit%3Dclip&w=750&q=75)
Genoa
1988
Peter Nicholls
![The Aotea Tapestry](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Faem3610x%2Fproduction%2Ff8af8b5d9f422df721ab769361c8aa895708140f-831x1080.jpg%3Frect%3D0%2C125%2C831%2C831%26w%3D330%26h%3D330%26fit%3Dclip&w=750&q=75)
The Aotea Tapestry
1989
Robert Ellis
![Waharoa](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Faem3610x%2Fproduction%2F3b2241e9819f37588165b56437403b41e30ed1fd-1080x1080.jpg%3Fw%3D330%26h%3D330%26fit%3Dclip&w=750&q=75)
Waharoa
1989
Selwyn Muru
![Untitled [Aotea Centre]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Faem3610x%2Fproduction%2Fd7d7bb04946a9b128eaaeeb9d9150f458c9a541d-959x1080.jpg%3Frect%3D0%2C61%2C959%2C959%26w%3D330%26h%3D330%26fit%3Dclip&w=750&q=75)
Untitled [Aotea Centre]
1989
Paratene Matchitt
![Gateway](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Faem3610x%2Fproduction%2Fb6cbfcccb18858d5892899c996fa1ffef3fd760a-846x1080.jpg%3Frect%3D0%2C117%2C846%2C846%26w%3D330%26h%3D330%26fit%3Dclip&w=750&q=75)
Gateway
1990
Chris Booth
![Aotea Cartouche](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Faem3610x%2Fproduction%2F7042480447afbe68b05aef2f78883d878651ba87-737x1080.jpg%3Frect%3D0%2C172%2C737%2C737%26w%3D330%26h%3D330%26fit%3Dclip&w=750&q=75)
Aotea Cartouche
1990
Denis O'Connor
![Dame Kiri Te Kanawa](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Faem3610x%2Fproduction%2Fe09387242a41e3dd2527061f6a91a41308d36726-778x1080.jpg%3Frect%3D0%2C151%2C778%2C778%26w%3D330%26h%3D330%26fit%3Dclip&w=750&q=75)
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
1990
Terry Stringer
![Justice](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Faem3610x%2Fproduction%2F2afb709d98567c199f677ca33e84dec6c1db184e-1500x1000.jpg%3Frect%3D250%2C0%2C1000%2C1000%26w%3D330%26h%3D330%26fit%3Dclip&w=750&q=75)
Justice
1990
Fred Graham
![Nobody Here But Us](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Faem3610x%2Fproduction%2F40841177d88d281af2f4ec6741af3e082b81521a-809x1080.jpg%3Frect%3D0%2C136%2C809%2C809%26w%3D330%26h%3D330%26fit%3Dclip&w=750&q=75)
Nobody Here But Us
1991
Richard Deacon
![Throwback](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Faem3610x%2Fproduction%2Fbaf9ed72f63572d8bcea4357f45ebd96a1113a78-1080x1080.jpg%3Fw%3D330%26h%3D330%26fit%3Dclip&w=750&q=75)
Throwback
1992
Neil Dawson
![Women's Suffrage Centenary Project Whakatu Wahine 1893-1993](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Faem3610x%2Fproduction%2F774f14b791bc35d95d904a73a4f93ba5627d8a5d-1883x1080.jpg%3Frect%3D402%2C0%2C1080%2C1080%26w%3D330%26h%3D330%26fit%3Dclip&w=750&q=75)
Women's Suffrage Centenary Project Whakatu Wahine 1893-1993
1993
Jan Morrison
Claudia Pond Eyley
![Tui](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Faem3610x%2Fproduction%2Fa1f1c43bc3ec33a681a22d98e9563307ce04a436-1080x1080.jpg%3Fw%3D330%26h%3D330%26fit%3Dclip&w=750&q=75)
Tui
1993
Fatu Feu'u
![Night Errant](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Faem3610x%2Fproduction%2Fa40cbf2e550c5bb09a801df98bb1b3842345041e-1080x1080.jpg%3Fw%3D330%26h%3D330%26fit%3Dclip&w=750&q=75)
Night Errant
1993
Richard McWhannell
![Three Women](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Faem3610x%2Fproduction%2Fb1dc50f29f710c0ff8c4869aa6a5ef2afbe3259c-1716x1080.jpg%3Frect%3D318%2C0%2C1080%2C1080%26w%3D330%26h%3D330%26fit%3Dclip&w=750&q=75)
Three Women
1994
Barbara Ward
![Ōwairaka](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Faem3610x%2Fproduction%2Fdd5bfc3fb352825a98a5c6f7184e8079231f76db-1081x1080.jpg%3Frect%3D1%2C0%2C1080%2C1080%26w%3D330%26h%3D330%26fit%3Dclip&w=750&q=75)
Ōwairaka
1995
Christine Hellyar
![Gateway](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Faem3610x%2Fproduction%2F89a285031a4666591d406fff0907d25ed64ceb48-1503x1080.jpg%3Frect%3D212%2C0%2C1080%2C1080%26w%3D330%26h%3D330%26fit%3Dclip&w=750&q=75)
Gateway
1995
Aronui Trust Carvers
![Communicating Tension](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Faem3610x%2Fproduction%2F0ca0df0064e7e76d83170559ed95cad0cf4b36a8-1620x1080.jpg%3Frect%3D270%2C0%2C1080%2C1080%26w%3D330%26h%3D330%26fit%3Dclip&w=750&q=75)
Communicating Tension
1995
Giuseppe Romeo
![On the Backs of Others](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Faem3610x%2Fproduction%2F5aff036a3f270dd4e564c52a3206ecc34a6cf5b3-1079x1080.jpg%3Frect%3D0%2C1%2C1079%2C1079%26w%3D330%26h%3D330%26fit%3Dclip&w=750&q=75)
On the Backs of Others
1995
Inia Taylor
![Manu Tawhiowhio](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Faem3610x%2Fproduction%2Fc9ea904a0a536c33bdb1e63f0da37830b777288f-842x1080.jpg%3Frect%3D0%2C119%2C842%2C842%26w%3D330%26h%3D330%26fit%3Dclip&w=750&q=75)
Manu Tawhiowhio
1996
Brett Graham
![Arch](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Faem3610x%2Fproduction%2F4c8369941b64f504f9ec73c9768f4a14082f0844-1080x1080.jpg%3Fw%3D330%26h%3D330%26fit%3Dclip&w=750&q=75)
Arch
1996
Charlotte Fisher
![Flipper](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Faem3610x%2Fproduction%2F7eb38fc88f234ae0a836bba8263e2dfdc564bba7-793x1080.jpg%3Frect%3D0%2C144%2C793%2C793%26w%3D330%26h%3D330%26fit%3Dclip&w=750&q=75)
Flipper
1996
Andrew de Boer
![The Casting of the Nets](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Faem3610x%2Fproduction%2Fe947db0bc94db10ecc514b46e0c546849d69d61a-1080x1080.jpg%3Fw%3D330%26h%3D330%26fit%3Dclip&w=750&q=75)
The Casting of the Nets
1997
Ted Smyth
![Taula](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Faem3610x%2Fproduction%2F206c9b2800aff55f584676f0fc02413b09912bf3-824x1080.jpg%3Frect%3D0%2C128%2C824%2C824%26w%3D330%26h%3D330%26fit%3Dclip&w=750&q=75)
Taula
1998
Sopolemalama Filipe Tohi
![Te Waharoa ki te Wero](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Faem3610x%2Fproduction%2F86c9c6d116d3713781de8dfb4d594ed280185b9f-1080x1080.jpg%3Fw%3D330%26h%3D330%26fit%3Dclip&w=750&q=75)
Te Waharoa ki te Wero
1999
Blaine Te Rito
![Tip](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Faem3610x%2Fproduction%2Fd2c8ec5c823b441300b8ac4a4d1b471b4876d3ba-1324x1080.jpg%3Frect%3D122%2C0%2C1080%2C1080%26w%3D330%26h%3D330%26fit%3Dclip&w=750&q=75)
Tip
1999
John Radford