A tribute to the talent of New Zealand's art community.
Neil Dawson
BORN: CHRISTCHURCH IN 1948. GRADUATED WITH A DIPLOMA OF FINE ARTS (HONS) FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY.
Canoe
The theme of the gaming floor is the fishing ground of the demi god Maui, the trickster and magician of the Pacific.
The fibre optic canoe is a reminder of the journeys we all made to arrive here, residents and visitors alike, and the epic voyages of thousands of miles made in sailing canoes by the Polynesians who explored and settled in the scattered islands of the Pacific over the last five millennia.
