71 New Public Artworks Added To National Register Of 20th Century Public Art

Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand (PAHANZ) has added a further 71 works from throughout Aotearoa New Zealand to its website https://PublicArt.nz, an online register of New Zealand’s 20th Century Public Art.

Included in these newly uploaded works are the first works to be included from the West Coast of the South Island, with Westport and Greymouth being represented. Other centres include: Auckland, Coromandel, Thames, Hamilton, Taihape, Taupō, Te Awamutu, Motueka, Nelson, Richmond, Tākaka, Ashburton and Christchurch.

Thanks to funding received from the Lotteries Environment & Heritage Fund, PAHANZ was able to research and document these works. The 71 were prioritised to reflect works that were at risk; those that were likely to gain category 1 & 2 significance from the organisations independent assessment panel; and those that increased the diversity of artists already represented on the database.

Sue Elliott, co-director of PAHANZ said: “Many 20th Century works have been destroyed, covered over, or simply lost. Others remain undocumented and at risk due to a lack of public knowledge of their significance and value. Our website is New Zealand’s first national register of these cultural treasures; and launched with 380 works in mid-2023.

“Like so many public works of art, these works tell a story about their local community and reflect our shared social history,” Elliott said.

The works include works by public art heroes such as: Barry Brickell; Barry Lett; Chris Booth Christopher J. Finlayson; Denis O’Connor; Dick Frizzell; Fatu Feu’u; Fred and Brett Graham; Gwen Wanigasekera; Jim Allen, John Hovell; Llew Summers; Marilyn Rea-Menzies, Mollie Steven, Molly Macalister; Paul Walshe; Ralph Hotere; Rewi Thompson; and William Parkinson.

Co-director, Bronwyn Holloway-Smith said: “Thanks to the Lotteries Environment and Heritage Fund, we haven’t just uploaded a further 71 artworks to the register, but also 37 new artists’ biographies.”

“We now have 492 works researched and documented on our website, but we still have records of another 1000 works that need to be researched and added. Some of these are lost, hidden, or destroyed, and others we haven’t yet confirmed the status of.

“There is still a huge amount of work to do,” said Holloway-Smith.

Notes:

New Artworks Listed

• Arthurs Pass (4)
  • Ivan Clarkson, Untitled [Arthur's Pass Railway Station Mural] (1966), Arthur's Pass. Accessible
  • Maurice Alec Poulton, Untitled [Miners in gorge, Arthur’s Pass Station] (1966), Arthur's Pass. Accessible
  • Maurice Alec Poulton, Untitled [Train exiting tunnel, Arthur’s Pass Station] (1966), Arthur's Pass. Accessible
  • Maurice Alec Poulton. Untitled [Horses and carriage, Arthur’s Pass Station] (1966), Arthur's Pass. Accessible
• Ashburton (3)
  • Llew Summers, ‘Love me Tender’ (1994), Ashburton. Accessible
  • Russell Menary, ‘Spirit of Women’ (1999), Ashburton. Accessible
  • Samuel Hurst Seager and Charles Kidson, ‘John Grigg Memorial’ (1905), Ashburton. Accessible
• Auckland (15)
  • Jim Allen, ‘Conversation Piece’ (1965), Auckland. Lost - destroyed
  • Jim Allen, Untitled [Logan Park Motor Hotel mural] (1972), Auckland. Lost - destroyed
  • Barry Brickell, ‘The Harbour Ferries’ (1979), Auckland. Accessible
  • Barry Lett, ‘Red Dancer’ (1990), Auckland. Accessible
  • Chris Booth, ‘Baby Seal at Kaimaumau’ (1990), Auckland. Accessible
  • Denis O'Connor, ‘Two Harbours’ (1990), Auckland. Accessible
  • Dick Frizzell, ‘Portrait of Dame Cath Tizard’ (1991), Auckland. Accessible
  • Fatu Feu'u, ‘Tautai Matagofie (Wonderful Navigator)’ (1990), Auckland. Accessible
  • Fred Graham and Brett Graham, ‘The Mythology’ (1990), Auckland. Accessible
  • Gwen Wanigasekera, ‘Putanga O Te Rā (Birth of the Sun)’ (1990), Auckland. Accessible
  • Molly Macalister, ‘A Māori Figure in a Kaitaka Cloak’ (1967), Auckland. Accessible
  • Ngāti Porou and Ngāti Whātua Orākei weavers, ‘Tukutuku’ (1962), Auckland. Accessible
  • Ralph Hotere, ‘Toward Rangitoto’ (1990), Auckland. Accessible
  • Rewi Thompson, Untitled [ARC Building] (1990), Auckland. Accessible
  • Selwyn Muru, ‘The Sentinels’ (1990), Auckland. Accessible
• Christchurch (1)
  • Louise Henderson, ‘Nursery Panels’ (1938), Christchurch. Hidden (in storage)
• Coromandel (1)
  • Barry Brickell, Untitled [Coromandel Post Office] (1969), Coromandel. Accessible
• Greymouth (3)
  • Anthony Manuel and Turi Gibb ‘Poutini: A Guardian Taniwha’ (1997), Greymouth. Accessible
  • Steve Newby, ‘To those who help others’ (1990), Greymouth. Accessible
  • Steve Newby, ‘Untitled [Hector’s Dolphin]’ (1991), Greymouth. Accessible
• Hamilton (5)
  • Hamilton Peace Wall Community Collective, ‘The Peace Tiles’ (1986), Hamilton. Accessible
  • Holly Sanford, Untitled [Hamilton City Council Municipal Building] (1985), Hamilton. Accessible
  • Paratene Matchitt, ‘Waiora’ (1974), Hamilton. Accessible
  • Paratene Matchitt, ‘Ballantrae Windows’ (1987), Hamilton. Accessible
  • Paul Johnson, ‘Structure & Erosion’ (1985), Hamilton. Accessible
• Motueka (1)
  • Christopher John Finlayson, ‘The Call’ (1998), Motueka. Accessible
• Nelson (13);
  • Martin Bailey, ‘Auckland Point School Mural’ (1976), Nelson. Lost - destroyed
  • Martin Bailey and David Waterman, ‘The Sun’ (1976), Nelson. Lost - destroyed
  • Bodhi Vincent, ‘Pacific Angel’ (1992), Nelson. Accessible
  • Bruce Mitchell, ‘The Southern Cross’ (1992), Nelson. Accessible
  • Christopher John Finlayson, ‘Aotearoa’ (1984), Nelson, Accessible
  • Christopher John Finlayson, ‘Knowledge’ (1990), Nelson. Accessible
  • Dominique de Borrekens and Grant Scott, ‘Sentinel’ (1998), Nelson. Accessible
  • Grant Palliser, ‘Oracle: The future is in our hands’ (1996), Nelson. Accessible
  • Harriette Blount, ‘Trafalgar Stand Mural [Dancing figures]’ (1985), Nelson. Accessible
  • Mollie Steven, ‘Mural in perspex and brass’ (1967), Nelson. Accessible
  • Patsy Fletcher, Untitled [Stoke Baptist Church] (1996), Nelson. Accessible
  • Rose Shepard, ‘Humanaquarium’ (1992), Nelson. Accessible
  • Sirpa Alalaakkola, ‘Modigliani's Trout’ (1995), Nelson Accessible
• Richmond (5)
  • Rural Women New Zealand (formerly Women's Division of Federated Farmers), ‘Province of Nelson -150 years quilt’ (1992), Richmond. Hidden (in storage)
  • Jacinda Jones, ‘The Richmond Heritage Trail Mural’ (1996), Richmond. Accessible
  • Lorraine Polglase, ‘The Birds of Peace: Nga Manu Rangimarie’ (1998), Richmond. Accessible
  • Paul Walshe, ‘Ernest Rutherford Memorial’ (1991), Richmond. Accessible
  • Rose Shepard, ‘Garage door mural’ (1994), Richmond. Accessible
• Taihape (3)
  • Martin Roestenburg, ‘Mosaic Shrine of St. Joseph’ (1959), Taihape. Accessible
  • Martin Roestenburg, ‘Crucifix’ (1952), Taihape. Accessible
  • Martin Roestenburg, ‘Crucified Christ’ (1952), Taihape. Accessible
• Tākaka (2)
  • Albertus (Bert) Wagenvoort, Untitled [Ellis and Sons Winery mural] (1992), Tākaka. Accessible
  • Debbie Hall, ‘King Tut’ (1989), Tākaka. Accessible
• Taupo (4)
  • Barry Brickell, ‘Volcanic Plateau’ (1985), Taupō. Accessible
  • Graham Cooper, ‘Birds and Stone of Te Arawa’ (1993), Taupō. Accessible
  • Queenie Te Maku Wano and Ira Karaitiana, Untitled [Taupō Post Office tukutuku panels] (1986), Taupō. Accessible
  • Tene Waitere, ‘Reid Carving’ (1930), Taupō. Accessible
• Te Awamutu (6)
  • Bill Devoy, ‘Town Mural’ (1995), Te Awamutu. Accessible
  • Jim Allen, Untitled [Nave windows, St John’s Te Awamutu] (1965), Te Awamutu. Accessible
  • Jim Allen, Untitled [Baldacchino, St John’s Te Awamutu] (1965), Te Awamutu. Accessible
  • Jim Allen, Untitled [Baptistry windows, St John’s Te Awamutu] (1968), Te Awamutu. Accessible
  • Jim Allen, Untitled [Clerestory window, St John’s Te Awamutu] (1968), Te Awamutu. Accessible
  • Yvonne Rust and Barbara Packwood, Untitled [Waipā District War Memorial Park] (1955), Te Awamutu. Accessible
• Thames (3)
  • Barry Brickell, ‘Thames (Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow)’ (1992), Thames. Accessible
  • John Hovell, Untitled [Thames-Coromandel District Council, 1991] (1991), Thames. Accessible
  • John Hovell, Untitled [Thames-Coromandel District Council, 1998] (1998), Thames. Accessible
• Westport (2)
  • Marilyn Rea-Menzies, ‘Spiral and Cross’ (1983), Westport. Accessible
  • William Parkinson, ‘James Colvin Memorial’ (1923), Westport. Accessible

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