Ministry of Justice

Wellington | Te Whanganui-a-Tara High Court

Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council

Jury Assembly Room, High Court, 2 Molesworth St, Pipitea, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

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Denis O’Connor, ‘Two Arms’ (1992), Wellington Te Whanganui-a-Tara High Court
Image: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa NZ, 2024

Main entry foyer, Ground Floor, High Court, 2 Molesworth St, Pipitea, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Two Oars

Anthony Pene, ‘Sandblasted Panels’, Entrances to Courtrooms 2, 3 & 4 [showing 2], High Court, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington. Images: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand, 2024

Wellington Polytechnic

Entrance to Courtrooms 2, 3, & 4, Ground Floor, High Court, 2 Molesworth St, Pipitea, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Sandblasted Panels

Eli Christiansen, ‘Sandblasted Panels’, Entrances to Courtrooms 8, 9, 10 and exit [showing exit], High Court, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington. Images: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand, 2024

Entrance to Courtrooms 8, 9 & 10, First Floor, High Court, 2 Molesworth St, Pipitea, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Sheree Pattison, ‘Sandblasted Panels’, Entrance to Courtroom 1, High Court, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington. Images: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand, 2024

Entrance to Courtroom 1, Ground Floor, High Court, 2 Molesworth St, Pipitea, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Stephen Pene, ‘Sandblasted Panels’, Entrances to Courtrooms 5 & 7 [showing exit], High Court, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington. Images: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand, 2024

Entrance to Courtrooms 5, 6, & 7, Lower Ground Floor, High Court, 2 Molesworth St, Pipitea, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

John Bevan Ford, ‘Ngā Tohunga Waka (The Navigators)’ (1992), High Court, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington
Image: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand, 2024

Reception Area, Chief Justice’s Chambers, High Court Wellington, 2 Molesworth St, Pipitea, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Ngā Tohunga Waka (the Navigators)

Robert Jahnke, Untitled (High Court wall sculpture) (1992), Wellington Te Whanganui-a-Tara High Court
Image: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa NZ, 2024

Lower Ground Floor Public Area, outside Courtroom, Wellington Te Whanganui-a-Tara High Court, 2 Molesworth Street, Pipitea, Wellington.

Untitled (High Court wall sculpture)

Neil Dawson, ‘Suspended Sculpture’ (1992), Wellington Te Whanganui-a-Tara High Court
Image: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand, 2024

Main Entrance Atrium, High Court Wellington, 2 Molesworth St, Pipitea, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

Suspended Sculpture

Robyn Kahukiwa, ‘The Treaty of Waitangi’ (1993), Wellington Te Whanganui-a-Tara High Court
Image: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa NZ, 2024

Jury Assembly Room, Wellington Te Whanganui-a-Tara High Court Wellington, 2 Molesworth St, Pipitea, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington

The Treaty of Waitangi

In 1992 a set of artworks were commissioned for the Wellington Te Whanganui-a-Tara High Court by an artworks panel consisting of members of the judiciary, the Department of Justice, the Māori community and the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council.

A 6-page typed and printed catalogue of the artworks was produced by the High Court.