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'Vive Aramoana' was painted by Otago artist Ralph Hōtere in 1980 as a political statement against a proposal to build an aluminium smelter at the beachside township of Aramoana at the entrance to Otago Harbour. Such work and wider public protest helped to scuttle the scheme.
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Auckland Art Gallery – Toi o Tāmaki
Reference: 1980/44/2/X
by Ralph Hotere
Courtesy of the Hotere Foundation Trust
Permission of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki must be obtained before any re-use of this image.