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Emblem of the coast

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Emblem of the coast

Kāpiti Island has become an emblem for the Kāpiti district. Its dark, jagged outline forms the background to this painting, ‘People and the land’, by Raumati artist Bodhi Vincent. Commissioned in 1993 by the Kapiti Coast District Council, the work hangs in the council chambers.

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Kapiti Coast District Council

by Bodhi Vincent

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Chris Maclean, Wellington places – Kāpiti Coast, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/13537/emblem-of-the-coast (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Chris Maclean, published 3 March 2009, updated 1 March 2016.