Kia Kaha Kia Maia Kia Manawa Nui

Whanganui Walls Street Art and Music Festival returned in 2021 with seven of NZ’s most prominent street artists transforming the town into an open-air gallery. Artists included: Milarky, Dan Mills, Swiftmantis, Flox, Mica Still, Charles & Janine Williams, Mike Marsh. 
 

“The Karearea being a guardian or good omen, pushes forward progressively everything it has learned from the past, into the present, then the future. Its bold statement paints an image of forward movement, something symbolically needed in these uncertain times we live in... 

Kia Kaha Kia Maia Kia Manawa Nui – be strong be steadfast be willing….”