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The Kai Tahu kaumatua
Maurice Nutira helped locate the boulders for this project. Waka (canoe)
once plied this river, and the form of the sculpture is reminiscent of
the stern post of a waka. The land here is an alluvial deposit from the
Southern Alps, from where these boulders came. Chief Seattle in his prophecy
warned of the fragility of the cycles of nature. Boulders are balanced
against the uplifted sandstone slab, recognising that fragility and inviting
destruction by man.
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