Bill Henry “Willie” Apiata VC (born 28 June 1972 in Mangakino, New Zealand) is a Corporal in the New Zealand Special Air Service and the first recipient of the Victoria Cross for New Zealand. He received the award on 2 July 2007 for bravery under fire during the Afghanistan conflict in 2004, after carrying a gravely wounded comrade across a battlefield, under fire, to safety.

Some info below on the event -

To support and encourage those living with Crohn’s and Colitis, four established and emerging New Zealand artists have created an exquisite exhibition to raise awareness of the daily challenges Crohn’s and Colitis sufferers face.

Due to the symptoms of bowel inflammation, Crohn’s Disease and ulcerative colitis sufferers often desperately need toilets. CCNZ is using Art-a-loo to raise awareness of those who have experienced more toilets than anyone else and to do so in an uplifting way.

YOU CAN BUY YOUR VERY OWN ART-A-LOO!!

Featured on TVNZ Breakfast on 29th July, the Art-a-loos are truly unique pieces of art that will never be replicated. Component’s Art-a loo captures the idea of a toilet being a beacon for people who live with Crohn’s. X Marks the Spot uses imagery and typography to make the Art-a loo represent the reality of life for so many people with Crohn’s and colitis. This piece also has an internal light which emits a glow through the roof and walls.

More photos coming! You can see this Art-a-loo displayed at Te Papa over the weekend 30 July – 1 August!

ALL PROCEEDS OF THIS AUCTION WILL GO TO CROHN’S AND COLITIS NEW ZEALAND (CCNZ) TO SUPPORT SUFFERERS OF CROHN’S DISEASE AND ULCERATIVE COLITIS.

Please visit www.crohnsandcolitis.org.nz to learn more about the group, and www.toiletmap.co.nz to visit CCNZ’s great new tool!

Great artists line up -like  Dave Kinsey, Jim Phillips, Kozyndan,

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The summer season is officially here which means PangeaSeed’s summer shark art exhibition, Shark Love, is about to surface. Over 30 global artists have come together donating their time and talent to spread the love and help save one of the worlds most important animals. 100 million sharks are killed annually. Join us for Shark Love to find out why and what you can do to save sharks from extinction.

Component  July  2010

Location; Video Ezy / Cut Collective wall
Ponsonby
Auckland

Scale; 11 x 4.5 metres

Zealandia is a remixed, multicultural, version of the central image from the certificate for the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition 1930-1940. The certificate is a beautiful piece of design that I thought could use modernisation for todays culture. I have added maori, pasifika and asian elements to the original image.
I have produced smaller scale images of Zealandia during the development of this piece but felt that she deserved to be produced large scale.
Zealandia was first produced on a temporary medium for Waitangi Day 2010 but now has a more permanent home in my neighbourhood.

So this is a working wall of bigger project working on @ the mo .

More photo’s to come of the bigger wall soon .

So myself and Ithink teamed up on this one .

Few shots of my street work more to come over coming months & few others from the cut collective

All ready to go check them out over @ Endemicworld