Rerenga mural, Manukau

Rerenga (flowing and journey) mural, 2019 by Charles and Janine Williams. This mural symbolises how the community embraces and celebrates the richness of the cultural identity as South Aucklanders. Different cultures are represented using a variety of flora and speak of the colour and beauty of the diverse nationalities that make up Manukau City. Joined together by a band symbolising the currents of the ocean, it flows through the blue waters of the moana (ocean) with loosely represented cultural designs used as way finders that connect our navigational history to the space and show us the way. Anchored on both ends by the endemic Tui and k��whai flowers, this acknowledgement of mana whenua (indigenous people) as the foundational blocks of our community ground the work and complete the journey like our ancestors did here in Aotearoa (New Zealand).