Waharua Kōpito

Waharua Kōpito

·      Artists: Huriana Kopeke-Te Aho and Shannon Novak.

·      Year: 2022.

·      Material: transparent vinyl.

·      Location: air bridge between PwC and HSBC buildings.

Waharua Kōpito refers to the points people or events cross and the change that often happens at those meeting points. In this work, Kopeke-Te Aho and Novak focus on bridging BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour) rainbow communities with non-BIPOC rainbow communities to create positive, meaningful, and sustained change. This idea then extends to bridging other communities together such as the rainbow with the non-rainbow community, all with a view to creating a better world to live in.