Garden of Tutunui, by Kim Jarrett, 2006

Commissioned in 2006 for the Taranaki Garden Festival, this prominent and iconic sculpture was reinstated in Pātea in 2009. An immersive fibreglass sculpture on State Highway 3, representing the ribcage of a whale and the Māori legend of Tutunui, the pet whale of great chief Tinirau. A new custom seat was crafted by Kakaramea artist, Mike Cole in 2021 from locally sourced macrocarpa timber. | Egmont Street & State Highway 3, Pātea, New Zealand | Get Directions

Type: Public Art

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