Megan Dunn: the private life of public sculpture

Llew Summers, ‘Maternity’ (1977), with Dr Bronwyn Holloway-Smith and child Upper Hutt Railway Station (PHOTO: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith)

F. A. Jones, Panenui Haurangaranga et. al., 'Aotea Waka Memorial' (1933), Pātea (PHOTO: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith)

Tuti Tukaokao (Ngāti Ranginui, Te Arawa), 'Hatupatu' (1981), McDonald's, Rotorua. (PHOTO: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith)

Tuti Tukaokao (Ngāti Ranginui, Te Arawa), 'Eruption of Mount Tarawera' (1981), McDonald's, Rotorua. Image: (PHOTO: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith)

Tuti Tukaokao (Ngāti Ranginui, Te Arawa), 'Maui' (1981), McDonald's, Rotorua. (PHOTO: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith)

E. Mervyn Taylor, “Time and Space”, 1963. (PHOTO: Shaun Waugh)

E. Mervyn Taylor, ‘Lest We Forget’ (1963/1966), War Memorial Stadium Hall of Memories, Whakaoriori Masterton (PHOTO: Shaun Waugh)

E. Mervyn Taylor, design for ‘Lest We Forget’, War Memorial Stadium Hall of Memories, Whakaoriori Masterton (PHOTO: supplied)

The Bucket Fountain. Cuba Street Wellington (PHOTO: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone)

Cromwell Fruit Sculpture, Otto Muller (PHOTO: Violet Faigan)

Paul Dibble, ‘Looking and Listening for the Sea’ (1992), Begonia House, Wellington Botanic Garden (PHOTO: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith)

Max Fleury & Bena Jackson, "Same Thing Everyday", Public artwork assessment tool (blanket), 2020 (PHOTO: supplied)