Tuesday, 27 July 2021, 4:23 pm
The
history of Hamilton’s five local hapuu is the inspiration
behind spectacular new artwork on the Waikato
River.
The artwork has been incorporated into the new
central city jetty, which is now open for anyone to use,
below Waikato Museum. The new jetty is a floating pontoon
that can rise and fall with river levels and replaces the
previous fixed wooden structure.
Meanwhile, a new
revetment wall running below the jetty, will help make the
riverbank more accessible, so more people can enjoy the
riverside.
The artwork includes five pou (pillars)
featuring sculptures representing ancestral stories from
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Monday, 26 July 2021, 11:29 am
Creative Waikato is calling for applications from groups
and individuals looking for cash to supercharge their next
creative project.
Hamilton’s Creative Communities
Scheme supports community arts initiatives that help grow
and promote creativity in Kirikiriroa.
Applications
are now open, with the funding round closing at 5pm on
Friday 27 August.
Creative Waikato, which administers
the fund on behalf of Hamilton City Council, is seeking
project applications focussing on at least one of the
scheme’s three criteria - access and participation,
diversity, or young people.
In the last funding round
more than 30 local projects received funding - from flax
The taskforce – to be comprised of council staff, councillors, Māori representation and any other relevant experts – would be convened to deal with tricky situations like last year’s unexpected removal of the Captain Hamilton statue from Civic Square, outside the council offices. The life-size bronze figure was hastily removed by the council following threats from Waikato kaumātua Taitimu Maipi to tear down the monument during a weekend Black Lives Matter march. Maipi had previously attacked the statue – gifted to the city in 2014 by the Gallagher family to mark Hamilton’s sesquicentennial – with a claw hammer and red paint, arguing Hamilton was a “murderous a..”.