All Black Bench

Earlier this year, Hokitika was selected as one of 26 communities across NZ to be gifted a hand crafted macrocapa bench as a thank you to NZ for having their backs and supporting them…and hopefully providing a safe place where kiwis can also go to have each other’s backs.

The benches feature the exclusive All Blacks Tohu as well as a message from the team. The Tohu was designed by Tim Worral takes the form of a manu (bird), with two kākanō (seeds of potential) in the shape of eyes and the team Taniwhā positioned as the wings. The ideas is that those seated on the bench will be wrapped by the All Blacks team’s wings.

The benches offer a safe space for a moment of contemplation, celebration or a place to sit down and have a chat. To bring people together.

It has been installed at Sunset Point in Hokitika as a location that’s geographically iconic and accessible to the whole community.

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