Victoria Square Poupou - Christchurch, New Zealand
S 43° 31.659 E 172° 38.157
59G E 632197 N 5179287
This poupou (totem pole) is located in Victoria Square in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Waymark Code: WM13717
Location: South Island, New Zealand
Date Posted: 09/30/2020
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This totem pole was carved by artist Riki Manuel. "Among his completed commissions are a 7½-metre (twenty-five-foot) poupou (totem pole) for Christchurch’s Victoria Square (1995)."
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"Look for the Victoria Square Poupou, a totem pole-like Maori sculpture. It commemorates the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi, an agreement made between the British Crown and Maori chiefs for New Zealand to become a British colony."
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