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This mixed media sculpture was commissioned for the opening of the Wheki building at the Christchurch College of Education in 1999, prior to the college’s merger with the ΢��ҕ�l. The artist, Derek Lardelli, is widely known as one of New Zealand’s finest tā moko (body art) proponents, and it is perhaps for this reason that the sculpture bears a resemblance to the uhi, or the needle, used in the art of tā moko. As with the moko which acts as a permanent mark of ones heritage and identity, this sculpture reminds us of the changing face of the University.

Artist's Biography

Derek Lardelli, (b.1961)