Untitled [kōwhaiwhai panel]

1981

Tuti Tukaokao

Accessible

1981–Current

  • Installed between the 'Kōruru, Wheku & Manaia' and 'Maui' murals near toilets, McDonald's, cnr Amohau & Fenton Streets, Rotorua

Type

  • Painting

Medium

  • Paint
  • Customwood/MDF

Dimensions

  • H2160 x W500mm

Tuti Tukaokao (Ngati Rānginui, Te Arawa), 'Untitled (kowhaiwhai panel)', (1981), McDonald's, Rotorua.

Image: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand, 2022

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Description

In 1981 McDonald's Rotorua commissioned Tuti Tukaokao to produce artworks for their new building. Tukaokao created a total of 3 pou, 5 murals, 7 kōwhaiwahi panels and other internal carvings. He also completed an external sculpture in 1997.