Photo: Opening of Te Pātaka Art Trail.
The Art Trail
Te Pātaka Art Trail is a creative placemaking project developed by Bobby Hung, Peeti Lamwilai, Hohepa Renata, Leon Tan, Tanya White, Becca Wood and Paul Woodruffe. We received funding from the Albert-Eden Local Board in 2021, and Unitec’s Tūāpapa Rangahau, partnering Research and Enterprise in 2022, to curate a series of temporary public art projects and activations across the current and former campus areas of Te Whare Wānanga o Wairaka / Unitec.
The Place
Ko Ōwairaka te maunga
Ko Te Whau te awa
Ko Te Waitemata, ko Manukau ngā moana
Ko Te Noho Kotahitanga te marae
Ko Ngākau Māhaki te wharenui
Ko Manaaki te wharekai
Ko Puukenga te whare manaaki
Ko Wairaka, ko Raukataura ngā tūpuna Ko Ngāti Whātua te ahi kaa roa
Ōwairaka is the mountain
The Whau is the river
Waitematā and Manukau are the harbours
Te Noho Kotahitanga is the marae
Ngākau Māhaki is the meeting house
Manaaki is the dining room
Puukenga is the support centre
Wairaka and Rakataura are the ancestors Ngāti Whātua are the guardians of the land
"Finding herself at the grounds now underneath Unitec, Wairaka uttered a karakia and stamped her foot hard on the aquifer and the spring came forth - Te wai Unuroa a Wairaka. This is the place where the Unitec is established and the puna (spring) remains alive and flourishing." Pouroto Ngaropo
Over the next 10 to 15-plus years, a new urban village of at least 4,000 homes will be built as part of the Carrington residential development. The development covers 39.7 hectares of land in Mt Albert, Auckland, next to the Unitec (Te Pūkenga) campus. Ministry of Housing and Urban Development
