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id="more-182218"></span></p> <p>A new sculpture in south Auckland, inspired by Māori imagery and promoting harmony, portrays the rich history of the community, the artist says.</p> <p>Jadyn Flavell’s 4 metre-high Te Manu Ka Rewa sculpture was unveiled at the Manurewa Library last December.</p> <figure class="image"><img src="https://mc-store1.s3.amazonaws.com/media/nn/beta1-scoop-co-nz/posts/Z-lGUkVLdwSnpGCz.jpg"><br /> <figcaption>The sculpture was unveiled at the Manurewa Library last December. (Supplied/LDR)</figcaption> </figure> <p>The 35-year-old is an emerging Ngaati Te Ata Waiohua-mandated iwi artist.</p> <p>“It was a big journey for me,” Flavell said.</p> <p>“I knew if I was going to represent historical events, it required me to learn a lot of our history,” he said.</p> <p>He was guided by his late-grandfather, kaumatua and carver George Flavell (Ngaati Te Ata Waiohua), who died before he finished the project.</p> <p>He carved the sculpture using a swamp kauri his late grandfather gifted him.</p> <figure class="image"><img src="https://mc-store1.s3.amazonaws.com/media/nn/beta1-scoop-co-nz/posts/zZByOB0J4BsZweZB.jpg"><br /> <figcaption>Jadyn Flavell, a Ngaati Te Ata Waiohua-mandated iwi artist, with his sculpture. (Supplied/LDR)</figcaption> </figure> <p>“It’s pretty awesome to have it finally actualised in real life, after talking about it, drawing pictures and thinking about it for a long period of time.”</p> <p>Flavell’s $100,000-sculpture combined traditional Māori arts with the hand carved central pou, combined with other fabricated components like steel elements and lighting.</p> <p>He said he was inspired by the puuraakau (traditional oral narratives), designs, techniques and tikanga of his culture, which he interweaved with his own artistic style.</p> <p>“I hope I can communicate the intention I put into it, about the importance of working together as communities, recognising our diversities as people.</p> <p>“Even though its designed with Māori aesthetics, that’s a big part of it too, but I really wanted to speak more of the diversity of the various people that make up Manurewa.”</p> <p>Te Manu Ka Rewa (the bird that is elevated) was named by Te Huia Cowell (Ngaati Te Ata).</p> <p>It was inspired by the whakatauki ‘Maa te kahukura ka rere te manu’, (It is through the feathers that the bird takes flight).</p> <p>Flavell said like a bird in flight, every feather worked in harmony to create the lift needed to soar.</p> <p>This wouldn’t be achieved by a single feather, but together, feathers carried the bird to greater heights – a beautiful metaphor for communities and coming together to prosper, he said.</p> <p>The sculpture was a dynamic presence at night, when various aspects of the sculpture are lit in a complex lighting design, expressing different parts of the puuraakau.</p> <p>The installation was commissioned by Auckland Council’s public art department, to encourage work by mana whenua artists in south Auckland.</p> <p>LDR is local body journalism co-funded by RNZ and NZ On Air.</p> <p> Content Sourced from <a href="http://www.scoop.co.nz/">scoop.co.nz</a><br /> <a href="http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU202502/S00208.htm">Original url</a></p> </div>  <script language="JavaScript" src="http://scoop.co.nz/adserver/adserve.js?code=SWGB&o rd=[timestamp]"></script> <div id="byline-block"> <style>a.supporter:hover {background:#EC4438!important;} @media screen and (max-width: 480px) { #byline-block div.byline-block {padding-right:16px;}}</style> <div class="byline-block byline-block-light" style="background-color:#ebebeb; 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