Hundertwasser - Te Kakano (Whangarei) Virtual Cache
Hundertwasser - Te Kakano (Whangarei)
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Welcome to Whangarei's Town Basin, and our only Virtual Cache.
We have so many spectacular places around it was hard to choose from, but I felt a centralised one would be the most suitable.
Logging Requirements
Photo of yourself at Te Kakano - the "seed"/ or Hundertwasser Art Centre
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About the Art Centre
The Hundertwasser Art Centre with Wairau Māori Art Gallery is a once in a lifetime opportunity to build a unique arts and cultural facility imagined for the city by Friedensreich Hundertwasser.
Once built the centre will be a wakahuia, a treasure box, of exemplary artworks from renowned contemporary Māori artists, and original Hundertwasser artworks provided from the collection in Vienna. It will be located at the site Hundertwasser chose, on the corner Quayside and Riverside at the town basin.
It is hoped the build will be completed in mid 2020.
The HUNDERTWASSER ART CENTRE with Wairau Maori Art Gallery will be an iconic landmark on a grand scale and the last authentic Hundertwasser building in the world.
Like the artist’s work, this stunning building will be multi-faceted and multi-functional with features including a state-of-the-art main gallery of Hundertwasser’s work and a contemporary Māori Art Gallery in keeping with Hundertwasser’s wishes.
The Whangarei HAC will be a unique gift to the people of New Zealand.
The last authentic Hundertwasser building in the world, right in the heart of Whangarei’s beautiful waterfront.
A stunning landmark which will be one of New Zealand’s most iconic buildings, attracting visitors from throughout New Zealand and around the globe.
A unique opportunity to transform Whangarei into an international tourist destination.
A catalyst project for the total re-invigoration of the Whangarei Town Basin and culture, heritage and arts precinct.
A national treasure, a taonga, something for the people of New Zealand that we can all be proud of.
Inside The Centre
The Hundertwasser Art Centre will span two levels and include two galleries, a learning centre, a theatre, café and a shop. It will feature state-of-the-art exhibition spaces, a main gallery of Hundertwasser’s work on the top floor and a contemporary Maori Art Gallery on the ground level.
The Hundertwasser Art Centre will exhibit original works circulated from the Hundertwasser Museum in Vienna including paintings, graphics, tapestries, architecture models as well as the artist’s activities in the fields of environment and ecology.
The Maori Art Gallery will exhibit the work of our most gifted Northland Maori artists from the Whangarei Art Museum’s substantial collection, alongside works of national standing, loaned from the collections of major public art museums including the Auckland Art Gallery and Te Papa.
The multi-faceted Hundertwasser Art Centre will also function as an educational resource where youth can gather to study art, architecture and ecology.
The Story
In 1993, Hundertwasser was invited by the Mayor of Whangarei to design an art centre for the city. He chose the former Northland Harbour Board building in the Town Basin (corner Quayside and Riverside) and made a number of visits to study the building and sketch his ideas.
More than 20 years after inception, the HUNDERTWASSER ART CENTRE with Wairau Maori Art Gallery project is now in the final pre-construction stages.
The story of the art centre has been complex and often controversial.
Virtual Reward - 2017/2018
This Virtual Cache is part of a limited release of Virtuals created between August 24, 2017 and August 24, 2018. Only 4,000 cache owners were given the opportunity to hide a Virtual Cache. Learn more about Virtual Rewards on the Geocaching Blog.
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