PUBLIC ART
Outdoor
Te Paenga o Uenuku
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa
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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.