This hot-pink path is an interactive feature of Auckland's inner city, a whimsical cycleway that cuts a path through central Auckland, celebrating being active. The path was formed from an unused part of the Nelson Street motorway off-ramp and suspended above city motorways, allowing cyclists and pedestrians to travel from Upper Queen Street to Victoria Street West.

The concept for *Te Ara I Whiti / The Lightpath* was created by Monk Mackenzie Architects and LandLAB, in association with artist Katz Maihi. Maihi's six-metre-tall black metal pou (land markers) welcome cyclists and pedestrians onto the path, and at the beginning of the cycleway there is a large pink Māori design that has been worked into the road surface. The path also features carved laser-cut designs along its western side. During the day the pink path adds energy and heart to its location, with a colour that represents the heartwood of a freshly cut tōtara tree. LED lights line the safety barriers and pulse as people pass them, making the path just as vibrant at night

Opened in late 2015, the project was delivered in partnership between Auckland Council, NZ Transport Agency and Auckland Transport, as part of a three-year programme to make cycling safer and more convenient for Aucklanders.



*Te Ara I Whiti / The Lightpath* was named among the supreme winners at the 2016 New Zealand Best Design Awards. The path also received a transport category award at the 2016 World Architecture Festival in Berlin.

Te Ara I Whiti - The Lightpath

Seated at the base of the stairs leading up to St Kevin's Arcade in Myers Park is this full-scale replica of Michelangelo's *Moses*. The statue was specially commissioned in 1969 by the directors of Milne and Choyce Ltd. for display in their department store at 131 Queen Street, before being toured around the country to their other stores.

The original *Moses* was created by Michaelangelo for the tomb of Pope Julius the second. He is depicted having just returned from recieving the tablets of the covenant and holds them under his right arm. The original now resides in the Church of St Peter in Chains, in Rome.

Carved in Italy from Carrara marble, this is an exact copy of Michelangelo's *Moses* even down to the worn-down foot touched by millions of visitors on their pilgrimage to Rome. He offers a glimpse of the splendour and strength of the original sculpture for visitors to Myers Park to enjoy.

Milne and Choyce gifted *Moses* to the city of Auckland and he has steadfastly surveyed the expanse of Myers Park since 1973.

Moses

The original Myers Park paddling pool, built in 1915, stood on this site – a popular feature with children for many years. In 2016 the new splash pad was created with care and consideration to preserve many of the heritage features of the pool and its original concrete.

Children now have a refreshed play area to keep them cool on hot Auckland days. The splash pad has a poem inscribed in it by renowned poet Hone Tūwhare, "STOP

your snivelling Horotiu, come rain, hail and flood-water, laugh again". It is about Horotiu the taniwha (water spirit) that lived in the (now buried) Waihorotiu stream

which had its source at the top of Myers Park gully. (Hone Peneamine Anatipa Te Pona Tūwhare, 1922–2008).

Horotiu haiku

Auckland's sister city in China, Guangzhou, gifted this sculpture to celebrate the tenth anniversary of their sister city relationship in 1999. The granite statue of five goats is a representation of a traditional Chinese story and is a symbol of the contribution of the Chinese Community to Aotearoa New Zealand. The sculpture references the *Five-Ram Sculpture* in Guangzhou, one of the city's most famous structures. It refers to the legend where immortal beings visited Guangzhou riding on goats that carried ears of grain in their mouths. They gave the grain to the people and blessed them with good weather to grow crops so they never went hungry again. The goats remained and turned to stone.

The placement of the sculpture in Myers Park is a nod to the longstanding presence of the Chinese in the area, although it does not specifically commemorate the connection.

Arekatera Katz Maihi, iion Limited, Monk Mackenzie Limited, LandLAB Limited

Te Ara I Whiti - The Lightpath

"This vibrant pink path winds its way through Auckland’s inner city, lit with LED lights that pulse as people pass by, delighting both pedestrians and cyclists."

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