Urewera mural, 1975

Urewera mural

1: COLIN McCAHON. MARCH-JULY, 1975. / 'AT THE BOUNDARY CAN I FORBEAR / FROM TURNING BACK MY HEAD.' (brushpoint, b.l.)

1: KO MAUNGAPOHATU
TE MAUNGA
KO TUHOE
TE IWI (u.l.-c.)
TOI / [illegible] (l.l.)

3: TE KOOTI / TE TURUKI (t.l.)
KENANA / RUA / HEPETIRA / PROPHET / [illegible] (t.r.)
OUR / [illegible] / INHERITANCE
COMES / FROM
TOI / [illegible] POTIKI / [illegible]
OUR PRESTIGE / FROM / TUHOE (c.l.-c.r.)

1999 The McCahon Room: Urewera Mural
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Auckland
20/3/1999 - 22/5/1999

1999 Nga Tuhono Tupuna: Urewera mural and Parihaka triptych
Govett-Brewster Art Gallery
New Plymouth
7/8/1999 - 26/10/1999

1999 Colin McCahon: A View from Urewera
City Gallery Wellington
Wellington
6/11/1999 - 13/1/2000

2008 In Shifting Light
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Auckland
11/10/2008 - 12/4/2009

2011 Colin McCahon: Story of a Mural
Tauranga Art Gallery
Tauranga
26/3/2011 - 10/7/2011

The mural was commissioned by the Urewera National Park Board for the Waikaremoana Visitor Centre at Aniwaniwa, designed by architect, John Scott. McCahon was required by the Park Board to make some alterations to the text of the painting. The mural was stolen from the Visitor Centre in 1997, but subsequently recovered. The painting was moved to Te Kura Whare, Tūhoe at Tāneatua in 2015. The Aniwaniwa Visitor Centre was demolished in 2016.