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Story: East Coast region

Hikurangi

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Hikurangi

Norman Scott’s painting of Hikurangi shows the mountain rising above the Waiapu River valley. An airman during the Second World War, Scott worked as a full-time artist in Gisborne from the 1940s until his death in 1978. He painted in both abstract and traditional styles, the latter exemplified in this painting.

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Tairawhiti Museum, Te Whare Taonga O Te Tairawhiti

by Norman W. J. Scott

Permission of Tairawhiti Museum, PO Box 716, Gisborne, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Monty Soutar, East Coast region – Overview, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/33269/hikurangi (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Monty Soutar, published 23 August 2011, updated 1 March 2015.