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Brett Graham

Brett Graham
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Brett Graham
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Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
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Brett Graham contemplates small wooden models for his large granite work 'Kaiwhakatere – the navigator' (2000). The winner of a competition by the Wellington Sculpture Trust, 'Kaiwhakatere' was erected on a site in Bowen Street formerly occupied by Broadcasting House. The shapes represent a bird that guides the travellers to their destination, the canoe in which they travel, and the altar they build in the new land as a focus for their future hopes. Like many of Graham's works, the simple for...

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Date created
24 June 2013
Creator
John Nicholson
Contributing partner
Alexander Turnbull Library
URL
https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/41985/brett-graham

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