Post by Kiwi Frontline on Dec 1, 2017 16:37:00 GMT 12
HISTORY ETCHED IN NEW CARVINGS FOR NELSON COLLEGE WHARENUI
The changing face of Nelson College is etched into new carvings for the school's wharenui.
The first of three new carvings for the meeting house, Te Ara Poutama, was added to its facade last week to join the solitary pou erected by local iwi Ngāti Tama about three years ago.
Coloured in the school's Oxford and Cambridge blue, the carving referenced the school's history, from its sporting legacy, its place as the first school to teach music in New Zealand. The protons created in pāua, represent its most famous old boy Lord Ernest Rutherford......
www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/99304656/history-etched-in-new-carvings-for-nelson-college-wharenui
The changing face of Nelson College is etched into new carvings for the school's wharenui.
The first of three new carvings for the meeting house, Te Ara Poutama, was added to its facade last week to join the solitary pou erected by local iwi Ngāti Tama about three years ago.
Coloured in the school's Oxford and Cambridge blue, the carving referenced the school's history, from its sporting legacy, its place as the first school to teach music in New Zealand. The protons created in pāua, represent its most famous old boy Lord Ernest Rutherford......
www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/99304656/history-etched-in-new-carvings-for-nelson-college-wharenui