By Kereama Taepa
a very brief history of aotearoa comprises four aluminium pieces in pixelated 'space invaders' icons in the form of
- a Maori meeting house representing the original Maori habitation of New Zealand
- a mitre, representing Christian missionaries and early European settlement
- a crown representing the Queen of Britain and New Zealand and the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840 between the Crown and Maori
- "The Beehive" representing our current government
This is the fifth installation of in the biannual 4 Plinth Sculpture Project. The temporary nature of the works is a great opportunity for established and emerging artists to realise a major public sculpture, with all the challenges of scale and robustness needed for this tough environment and highly visible public space.
Below is an older exhibit - Rita Angus Used to Grow Her Own Vegetables
by Glen Hayward
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