Tuti Tukaokao (Ngāti Ranginui, Te Arawa), 'Untitled (two kōwhaiwhai panels)', 1981

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

McDonald's Rotorua

Either side of Tarawera mural, McDonalds, cnr Amohau and Fenton Streets, Rotorua

Untitled [two kōwhaiwhai panels]

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

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

Untitled [3 central pou]

Tuti Tukaokao (Ngāti Ranginui, Te Arawa), 'Hatupatu' (1981), McDonald's, Rotorua.

Wall to RHS of counter near the Amohau St entry, McDonald's, cnr Amohau & Fenton Streets, Rotorua

Hatu Patu

Located to the left of the Hatu Patu panel, McDonald's, cnr Amohau & Fenton Streets, Rotorua

Kurangaituku

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

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

Untitled [four kōwhaiwhai panels]

Tuti Tukaokao (Ngati Ranginui, Te Arawa), 'Kōruru, Wheku and Mania Mural' (1981), McDonald's, Rotorua.

Wall surrounding toilet doors, McDonald's, cnr Amohau and Fenton Sts, Rotorua

Kōruru, Wheku and Manaia Mural

Tuti Tukaokao (Ngāti Ranginui, Te Arawa), 'Maui' (1981), McDonald's, Rotorua.

Middle mural in triptych of carved murals near toilets, McDonald's, cnr Amohau & Fenton Streets

Maui

Tuti Tukaokao (Ngati Rānginui, Te Arawa), 'Untitled (kowhaiwhai panel)', (1981), McDonald's, Rotorua.

Installed between the 'Kōruru, Wheku & Manaia' and 'Maui' murals near toilets, McDonald's, cnr Amohau & Fenton Streets, Rotorua

Untitled [kōwhaiwhai panel]

Tuti Tukaokao (Ngāti Ranginui, Te Arawa), 'Eruption of Mount Tarawera'  (1981), McDonald's, Rotorua.

RHS mural in triptych of carved murals near toilets, McDonald's, Cnr Amohau and Fenton Streets, Rotorua

Eruption of Mount Tarawera

Whakairo wall relief of a warrior wielding a taiaha presumed to be the work of Tuti Tukaokao and made at the same time as other works commissioned by McDonald's Rotorua c. 1981.

RHS of car park entrance, McDonalds, cnr Fenton & Amohau Streets, Rotorua

Untitled [Warrior with Taiaha]

By Amohau St entrance, McDonalds, cnr Amohau & Fenton Streets, Rotorua

Tuti Tukaokao (Ngāti Ranginui, Te Arawa), ‘Te Matau o Maui | The Fish Hook of Maui’ (1997), Cnr Amohau and Fenton Streets, CBD, Rotorua

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

Outside McDonald's, cnr Amohau and Fenton Streets, CBD, Rotorua

Te Matau o Maui

Between 1981 and 1997 McDonald's Rotorua, a franchise then owned by Megan and Philip Mules, commissioned Tuti Tukaokao to complete a number of pieces for their restaurant.

This commission was documented in a booklet "

McDonald's Rotorua Restaurant: McDonalds Rotorua New Zealand, owned and operated by Megan and Philip Mules

Tuti Tukaokao (Ngati Ranginui, Te Arawa), ‘Te Matau o Maui | The Fish Hook of Maui’ (1997), Cnr Amohau and Fenton Streets, CBD, Rotorua