Located along the Ōtākaro Avon River near the pedestrian bridge between Colombo and Manchester streets.

Strengthening the connections between tangata whenua and manuhiri.

The two patterns in this design are similar in appearance but the subtle difference is that they face one another, ‘kanohi ki te kanohi’ (face to face, in person), a physical close encounter. The relationship can be further developed by connecting together.

In weaving, a hono (join, connect, splice, weave to make a longer mat) is the technique of joining additional whenu (strips of harakeke that are woven crosswise on a whāriki) to extend the length of our Whāriki.