PUBLIC ART

Outdoor
Jeremy Shirley Museum Mural

Te Paenga o Uenuku

Te Wānanga o Aotearoa

Artwork details

Date 2016
Medium Wood
Physical description Four pou whakairo with painted kōwhaiwhai patterns in red, black and white, erected side-by-side. 

Description

Te Paenga o Uenuku – The Resting Place of Uenuku. The four pou are located as close as possible to where the pou whakairo Uenuku was found at Lake Ngā Roto in 1906.

The spaces between the four pou represent seven Atua: Tāne-mahuta, Tangaroa, Tāwhiri-mātea, Tūmatauenga, Haumia-tiketike and Ruamoko. The lizards painted at the of of each pou embody the kaitiaki that protect the lake.

Location

Lake Ngā Roto by the entrance to the boardwalk, Te Awamutu.