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Puni School Mural

Visual artist Suzette van Dorsser worked with the students of Puni School to create a large scale public art work inspired by the Karearea (New Zealand falcon) and trees in the area.

Despite their threatened status, many karearea are can be seen flying around the skies in the Puni area.

Suzette says of the subject: 
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"The reason why I chose the Karearea is because it can soar on the wind currents- it adapts, has beautiful movements and it can see things in a very special way. It will be the mascot for our ideas. The Karearea is always looking! With all its senses. - so to create our mural WE will need to start looking! And looking carefully. WE will have to start observing things from all angles -
just like this amazing bird."


Workshops with students were undertaken, and the mural was be painted between August and October 2018. 
  • Home
  • Recent Projects
    • Waiuku Music & Arts Festival 2025
    • Symbiosis - Mural Project
    • Sunday Serenades - Clevedon
    • Puni School Mural
  • Previous Projects
    • Awhitu School Mural Project
    • Franklin Pottery Club Kiln
    • Franklin Arts Trail
    • Pohutukawa Coast Art & Puzzle Competition
    • Community Music Concert at Sandpit
    • Waiuku Family Support Network Celebrations
    • Franklin Community Choir
    • Rangatahi Resonate
    • Auranga Late Night Tales
    • Pukekohe Youth Music Concert
    • Ceramics Workshop
    • Rising Stars Youth Theatre
    • Pukekohe Youth Theatre
    • African Dance Classes
    • Waiuku Community Matariki Concert
    • Sanctuary Music Concerts
    • Three Chorus Meal
    • Franklin Music Nights
    • Clevedon Creatives & Co. Workshops
    • Pukekohe Performing Arts - Little Shop of Horrors
    • Kra KoTo Kra - African Drumming
    • Clevedon Art Trail
    • Sewing with Miss Gracie
    • Clevedon Kindergarten Atua wall art
    • Turning Meh Into Wow
    • Toi - Mauri Creative Arts
    • The Exchange Booth
    • Sanctuary - St James
    • Nga mahi a Tanerore me Hine. Maaori Cultural Experience Rehia
    • Franklin Community Choir Concert
    • Clevedon Art Trail
    • Kiteparaha Waananga
    • Just let me be DysleXic
    • Clevedon Art Trail
    • Taniwha Ventures
    • The Hills Are Alive!
    • Steampunk workshops
    • The Magic of Titanomagnetite
    • Parallel Realities
    • Retelling Our Stories
    • Whitford Christmas Gift and Art Fair
    • Franklin Arts Trail
    • #franklincreates mural
    • Wild Things Workshops
    • Waiuku Maara Kai
    • Active Arts Poetry Sessions
    • WekaWatch Mural
    • Waiuku Mural
    • Puni School Mural
    • Rhythm in the Square
    • Rhythmical
    • The Makers' Market
    • Beachlands Mural
    • You Might Be Surprised to Know
    • Franklin Theatre Masterclass Series
    • A Time To Dance
    • Reduction Woodblock Printing Project
    • Creative Wahine
  • Funding For Projects
  • ARTISTS DIRECTORY
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