Figure of Unity - the Pukaki of Ngati Whakaue
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by Tim Watkin
How and why Pukaki is on the money.
When the Reserve Bank last week officially launched its new 20 cent coin, it celebrated a beginning and a happy ending. The image on the coin, flipside to the Queen, is one of the country's most precious artistic taonga - a 168-year-old carving of 18th-century Ngati Whakaue rangatira Pukaki.
How and why Pukaki is on the money
Image: A symbol of unity at birth - the fine detail shows two babes with arms interlocked. Courtesy of NZ Listener
by Tim Watkin
How and why Pukaki is on the money.
When the Reserve Bank last week officially launched its new 20 cent coin, it celebrated a beginning and a happy ending. The image on the coin, flipside to the Queen, is one of the country's most precious artistic taonga - a 168-year-old carving of 18th-century Ngati Whakaue rangatira Pukaki.
How and why Pukaki is on the money
Image: A symbol of unity at birth - the fine detail shows two babes with arms interlocked.