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Tauranga City Council has committed over $300 million of investment in Tauranga’s city centre over the next six years to transform the area into a vibrant and welcoming place. This includes the Te Manawataki o Te Papa civic precinct, comprising a new library, museum, event and exhibition space, and civic whare. There will also be improvements to the waterfront, projects to facilitate movement around CBD, upgrades of public spaces such as Masonic Park, and facilities upgrades.
Elizabeth Street Parking Building Mural Commission
As part of this plan, Tauranga City Council would like to commission a large-scale mural on a wall situated at the entrance to the Elizabeth Street car parking building at 64 Elizabeth Street (Wall D). The wall site is highly visible from Elizabeth Street, the car park for the retail outlets at 94 Elizabeth Street, and to those using the parking building.
Proposed mural designs should draw inspiration from the themes, colours and identifiers used across the six levels of the parking building. These include six habitats — bush, wetlands, forest canopy, ranges, sky, and islands — and their corresponding identifiers such as the forest gecko, pīwakawaka (fantail) and katipō spider. Artists should also consider how their work will sit in visual harmony with Owen Dippie’s ‘Pieta’ mural already on the building. More information is available in the Artist Brief (downloadable below).
Applications close: 12pm, Monday 2 June 2025
Project start date: From 1 July 2025
Commission value: Approx. $10,000 + GST artist fee, with materials additional
How to make a submission: Download the Artist Brief and fill in the application form below
DOWNLOAD THE ARTIST BRIEF HERE
This opportunity is now closed.
