"The Messenger" The central element within the mural is the koekoeā (Long Tailed Cuckoo) Te Kawa who is intertwined in a legend around the voyager Whatonga and his liberation as a cast away through the birds ability to locate his party carrying a tau ponapona or message cord from his family, thereby enabling his return home. Painted for Tuia 250, the commemoration of the first interaction between Māori and Europeans.