Filipe Tohi

[2] In 2004, Tohi was awarded the Cook Islands Artist's Residency by the Pacific Arts Committee of Creative New Zealand.

[12] Tohi used this residency to research tufunga lalava, the traditional Tongan system of using lashings in the construction of houses and canoes.

More recently he has achieved recognition for large contemporary sculptures in aluminium and steel that are inspired by lalava – the Tongan word for traditional coconut sennit lashing.

This sculpture, made of andesite stone and 174 cm high, is placed in the exhibition Tangata o le Moana: the story of Pacific people in New Zealand.

[26] In the same article, Boon is quoted on the significance of the site: "Brougham street is historically important...; it runs down the slope to the spot on the foreshore where Maori and European settlers landed.

This large sculpture made of stacked steel tubes is about the coming together of diverse groups, including early Maori, European colonists and more recent migrants from Pacific Islands.

This large aluminium sculpture is at the entrance to the exhibition Tangata o le Moana: the story of Pacific people in New Zealand.

This large sculpture takes the form of a gateway into Wan Solwara, the Pasifika area of the Victoria University Library in Kelburn.

A functional meeting space based on a traditional fāle incorporating lalava forms, commissioned by Auckland Council.