Te Pātaka Art Trail seeks proposals from artists, designers, environmental scientists and members of the public living in the Albert-Eden local board area to present object based, performative and/or educational projects to the public between September – November 2022.  

Contributors are asked to create projects that respond to specific features of the site.  

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 

Te Whare Wānanga o Wairaka

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 Development.
 
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.