Nuku Tewhatewha Installation View
Commissioned by paramount chief Wi Tako Ngatata in the 1850s as a sign of support for Kingitanga, Nuku Tewhatewha is one of seven pataka built around the North Island as 'Pillars of the Kingdom'.
In TheNewDowse Nuku Tewhatewha is presented as a tohu (symbol) of the creative, forward-looking response to change that characterises much of Maori history.