1st April 2019

Uretara Landing

The Uretara Landing mural was painted by Roy Cunliffe in 1991. The mural was created using a composite of three different photographs of early Katikati. In use from early times right up until the 1950's the landing was used by scows to deliver supplies up the Uretara stream into the town. A focal point of the mural is the Pioneer Store which opened in 1876 before being purchased by NA Johnston in 1890 after which the store prospered off the local Kauri gum trade.

2nd April 2019

Tui and Puriri

Produced by Cinzah in 2017, this mural in a lane off Dickens St in Napier pictures some of our native flora and fauna. A colourful Tui and Puriri Moth on a background of local flowers and herbs. Find more of Cinzah's work at Thanks to Denise Donovan for the photo.

3rd April 2019

Nancy Wake – The White Mouse

On a side wall of the Kamo War Memorial Hall artist Rodrigo Rozas has created a tribute to war hero Nancy Wake. Nicknamed 'The White Mouse' by the Gestapo, Wellington born Nancy Wake was a secret agent with the French Resistance during World War Two. Despite becoming the Gestapo's most wanted person by 1943 Nancy managed to evade capture and was a constant thorn in their side until the end of the war. Her autobiography 'The White Mouse' became a best seller when it was published in 1985. Photo credit: Shadows_Surgeon

4th April 2019

Parnell Baths

At 62 years old the Parnell Baths mosaic mural is still going strong. Created by James Turkington in 1957 with the assistance of Tibor Donner the mosaic mural adorns the outside wall of the changing rooms at the popular Parnell Baths swimming pool. Athletic male figures appear outside the male changing rooms in various poses of swimming and spear fishing with female swimmers appearing on the female changing rooms. The mosaic is made up of hundreds of coloured glass chips in hues of blue, orange, green and black.

5th April 2019

Puweto

Inside a bus stop shelter in the Waikato town of Ohaupo Jeremy Shirley has created a beautiful mural of a Puweto, one of New Zealands native freshwater wetland birds.

6th April 2019

Youth Space Mural

Created by Sarah Hocquard in 2013 this mural sits on the side of the Palmerston North Youth Space on George Street. Sarah is a New Zealand Artist currently residing in Melbourne. She is a freelance illustrator, printmaker and mural painter. Sarah has studied Visual Arts at RMIT in Melbourne. Photo and text supplied by the Palmerston North City Council.

7th April 2019

Shadelands Lane2

This mural is a collaboration between Cracked Ink (Simon Ormerod) and Kell Sunchine (Kelly Spencer) using a mixture of offbeat alien like characters and handcrafted calligraphy. The mural found along Shadelands lane was created for the Street Prints Mauao festival held in 2017. Find the mural using the map at www.outdoorart.nz

8th April 2019

Chalice

Chalice by Neil Dawson was installed in Christchurch's Cathedral Square to mark the 150th anniversary of the foundation of Canterbury. Made from steel and standing at 18m high the sculpture takes the form of an inverted cone with detail cut into the metal in the shape of local indigenous plants. Photo credit: Deon de Clercq

9th April 2019

Empire St

This mural was painted 26 years ago in 1993 by Kirsten Jillian Roberts. Found on Empire St it depicts a scene of Cambridge during the VIctorian era.

10th April 2019

Kotahi Uno

Kotahi / Uno is one of a number of new murals gracing the streets of Whangarei. The mural on Robert St was painted for the Street Prints Manaia festival by mexican artist Paola Delfín and expertly photographed by Shadows_Surgeon ()

11th April 2019

Avondale 1954

Located along the upper half of Rosebank Road is this mural of Rosebank Road painted by Louis Statham. The scene depicted is from 1954, a time when trams were still in operation in Avondale. The mural would have been painted from a photograph of the time, so was the photographer standing in the middle of the intersection of Great North and Rosebank Roads?

12th April 2019

All Creatures Great

Commissioned by the Palmerston North City Council, the concept of All Creatures Great was drawn from a children's book which demonstrated the size of a whale as equal to the height of 10 elephants. On one side, the whale rises on its tail from an atrium pond, while on the other side the elephants are stacked on top of each other. These two endangered species together support a lintel, on which rests an over-sized arm holding a plumb-bob. The work is a comment by the artist Paul Dibble on the power mankind has over nature; the future of the world's largest land and sea mammals lies in our hands. In this way, the work combines notions of protection, preciousness and the precarious balance of nature. Photo and text supplied by the Palmerston North City Council.

13th April 2019

Delia

This mural on James Lane was painted by Elliot Francis Stewart way back in 2014 for the GetUp festival held in New Plymouth.

14th April 2019

Seven Waka

In Tauranga, at the point where Dive Crescent passes under Takitimu Dr stand seven pou encircling an anchor stone (toka). In some Maori legends it is told that seven waka took part in a great fleet migration from Hawaiki on a voyage to Aotearoa, the seven waka were named Takitimu, Tokomaru, Tainui, Mataatua, Te Arawa, Aotea and Kurahaupo. These pouwhenua represent the navigators aboard each of the waka, they were (in the same order) Tamatea Arikinui, Manaia, Hoturoa, Toroa, Takatekapua, Turi and Whatonga. The pouwhenua were carved by Damien Kohu, James Tapiata (x2), Simon Madgwick, Robert Turner, Guy Kakau and Maurice Wharekawa.

15th April 2019

Tuam St

This is a rather interesting mural by Jacob Yikes, one of Christchurch's most recognised street artists. The mural brightens up a crumbled wall in a disused lot on Tuam St. Thanks to Fabrice Coquet for allowing us to add this photo to our map.

16th April 2019

Princess St Natives

As you cross the train tracks on Princess St, Ngaruawahia keep a look out for this painted utility box. The painting has a number of birds endemic to New Zealand, Kokako, Tieke, Mioweka, Kiwi, the extinct Huia and a Kakapo the first we have seen on any mural or painted box. The artwork is signed as 'Adrienne G' who we think is most likely Waikato artist Adrienne Grant.

17th April 2019

Love and pain and looking for balance within

This is another of the Street Prints Manaia murals painted earlier this year. Created by Gina Kiel the mural can be found on James St by the City Car Park. Night photography by Shadows_Surgeon.

18th April 2019

Rerenga

Another masterpiece mural by Charles & Janine Williams painted in 2018 on an exterior wall at the Westfield Mall in Manukau. The many flowers that make up the Rerenga mural represent the diverse cultures of the South Auckland people linked together by a flowing blue band to symbolise the ocean travels that have brought us together. The endemic tui and native kowhai hold a special place at either end of the mural to show the bond the mana whenua provide in creating a strong community.

19th April 2019

Octo-Puss

Here is another whimsical kitten encounter painted by Swiftmantis (Swiftmantis Productions). 'Octo-Puss' can be found in Taupo along Service Lane 6 which is just off Robert St, the mural was created for Taupo Graffiato 2018.

20th April 2019

Steam and Mud

The Rotorua Mural Symposium saw eight talented mural artists create some wonderful art in a week long event held in 2017. The finished murals were given permanent homes on the streets of the Rotorua CBD, with this 3D mural created by Warren Houston finding its home in a side alley just off Pukuatua St.

21st April 2019

Te Peeti Te Awe Awe Memorial

Born around 1820, Te Awe Awe was a Rangitaane chief who played a significant role in early relations between local Maori and European settlers. This commemorative statue was carved from Carrara marble by an Italian sculptor, based on a design by Harold Anderson of Palmerston North. In Te Awe Awe's right hand he holds a mere (short flat club), and on the pedestal are words spoken by him in Maori before his death in 1884, which translate as "I have laid the foundations of friendship for you to bring to completion." The statue was commissioned by Te Awe Awe's younger sister, Ereni, with funds raised by the Rangitaane people. Photo and text supplied by the Palmerston North City Council.

22nd April 2019

Te Waharoa o Kakanui

Banks Peninsula is home to Kakanui Reserve just inland from Koukourarata (Port Levy). This installation named 'Te Waharoa o Kakanui', is found on the hillside above Tutehuarewa Marae, it welcomes visitors to the reserve. The three pouwhenua that make up the gateway were carved by Faye and Caleb Robinson, together they represent Tautahi with his father Huikai and tupuna, Tuhaitara. Tautahi was a Ngai Tahu chief who, 300 years ago, established a pa on the banks of the Avon river giving Christchurch its original name, Otautahi. Photo kindly supplied by Sam and Paul Corliss

23rd April 2019

Ranui Train Station

Kakano Youth Arts Collective have completed several paintings for KiwiRail at stations around Auckland. This example was painted in 2017 and can be found at the Ranui Train Station in West Auckland, some wonderfully colourful native birds to welcome passengers to the station, the Kokako, Kereru and of course a Tui.

24th April 2019

Richard Owen

This mural in Kamo, painted by Bruce Mahalski, shows Sir Richard Owen beside the skeleton of a giant moa and above his head an image of the extinct Haast's Eagle. Sir Richard Owen was a naturalist and founder of London's Natural History Museum, a controversial figure who engendered hatred from some of his contemporaries but nevertheless produced a large body of scientific works. The artist, Bruce Mahalski is a muralist and illustrator as well as the director of The Dunedin Museum of Natural Mystery. Photo kindly supplied by Shadows_Surgeon.

25th April 2019

Te Rehu o Waikato

Past Ngaruawahia heading south the Waikato Expressway crosses over the Waikato river near Horotiu. The bridge over the river was named Te Rehu o Waikato, its construction includes four pouwhenua (though we only have photos of three). The pou stand 5 metres tall with each one featuring three ancestral figures of the Taupiri-Horotiu district and the wider Waikato region.

26th April 2019

Joseph Parker

Painted by Mr G (Mr G Hoete Art) this mural was created in March 2018 just prior to the heavyweight unification title fight between Joseph Parker and Anthony Joshua. The mural was painted on the side of the Te Puke Bakery to show support for the New Zealand boxer in the hope that he would bring the four heavyweight championship belts (WBO, WBA, IBF and IBO) home to New Zealand.

27th April 2019

Taking Flight

Taking Flight by Phil Price can be found along the banks of the Avon River in the Southeast section of the Christchurch Botanic Gardens. Designed to resemble a duck lifting off from the river the sculpture also has a practical use as a drinking fountain. Phil Price is a New Zealand sculptor whose outdoor public works often have a kinetic nature to them either in form or material ways. Photo supplied by Tyrrell Harris

28th April 2019

Tauranga Waka

Tauranga Waka - the resting place of canoes is a set of five bronze sculptures on Beach Rd downtown Auckland. Created by Chris Bailey each sculpture takes the form of a waka prow rising up from the footpath representing canoes resting on a beach. The position of the waka mimics the original foreshore along the Auckland waterfront prior to major land reclamation works.

29th April 2019

Pukeko and Raupo

Commissioned by the Palmerston North City Council Pukeko and Raupo by Paul Beaurepaire and Steve Anderson is made up of two columns, one on either side of Broadway at the intersection with Princess St. The pukeko standing atop the columns are made of bronze. The raupo (a wetland plant also known as bullrush) is made from hand-hammered steel. In awarding the commission, the Council's landscape architects consciously rejected traditional Victorian, Edwardian and art deco images, in favour of a unique design reflecting Palmerston North's history. Photo and text supplied by the Palmerston North City Council.

30th April 2019

Alex and Carmilita

The Street Prints Manaia festival saw Adelaide street artist Lisa King cross the ditch to add this amazing mural to the streets of Whangarei. Her mural is called 'Alex and Carmilita' and it can be found at number 49 Walton St in the Whangarei CBD. This night shot of the mural was taken by shadows_surgeon