Mural Masterpieces - Ahipara School

Team:
Students, with art teacher Kim Subritzky.

Accessible to public:
Yes.

Mural theme:
Memories of our place. Evoking memories from the past and present and look at how connect to us.

Background to mural creation:
The mural was designed to create and interesting story/memories around the pool changing rooms and building within view of the main road. A digital separation and projection method of painting photographic images by hand.

Left: Aroha mai, aroha atu. Love received, love returned. Right: He manako te kourai kore ai. Do not set your heart on things. Crayfish have ears and can hear the boastful diver.

Whaia te iti kahurangi ki te tuohu koe me he maunga teitei. Seek the treasure you value most dearly if you bow your head, let it be to a lofty mountain.

Left: Ka pu te ruha, ka hao te rangatahi. As the old net withers another is remade. Right: Ehara taku toa, he takitahi, he toa takitini. My success should not be bestowed onto me alone as it was not individual success but success of a collective.

Kia mau koe ki nga kupu o ou tupuna. Hold fast to the words of your ancestors.

Left: Kia mau koe ki nga kupu o ou tupuna. Hold fast to the words of your ancestors. Right: Na to rourou na taku rourou, ka ora ai te iwi. With your food basket and my food basket the people will thrive.

Left: Mauri tu mauri ora. An active soul is a healthy soul. Right: Te kohanga, taonga o te iwi. Shipwreck, treasure of the people.

Manaaki whenua, manaaki tangata, haere whakamua. Care for the land, care for the people, go forward.

Fish on the school fence.