When we moved to Wellington this year, we left our three children (now young adults) behind in Christchurch. One day I was walking in our suburb of Brooklyn, along the ridgeway and discovered Kawakawa Reserve off Quebec St, which overlooks the South Coast, back up North. There is an amazing carving there - by a local writer, which has a great number of faces which look in all directions. I felt this was my family's guardian looking back home south and back up north to where we are. It was a powerful and comforting image.
Wow this is a lovely story. I'm sure the artist would be delighted to hear about this.
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