Brain Flintoff: “In this picture Captain Cook’s ship the Endeavour is shown leaving Queen Charlotte Sound at the top of the South Island, but might as well depict one of Abel Tasman’s ships leaving Mohua / Golden By. Deze afbeelding laat kapitein Cook’s schip The Endeavour zien als deze Queen Charlotte Sound verlaat, aan de top van het Zuidereiland, maar het zou net zo goed een van Abel Tasman’s schepen kunnen voorstellen terwijl deze Mohua / Golden Bay verlaten.”

“It is drawn in the conceptual style used in Maori Art. Having left a number of casualties in it’s travel the stern is depicted as a fearsome face. The flag becomes a Heru, the hair ornament of an important person. The mast is shown as a Tewhatewha, a long wooden fighting weapon. The sails are stylised Koru, a design element adapted from the uncurling fern fronds which unroll into dramatic new life. These are used to depict any strong and positive elements, so they also become symbols for the waves of the sea as well as the bush covered sides of the sounds.”

contribution bijdrage: Brian Flintoff, Nelson, New Zealand.