# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Whakiro Ora / Sculpture Live  ( Lake House Grounds)
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 24 Nov, 2025 at 12:00 am – Mon, 24 Nov, 2025 at 06:00 am
- **Event Description**: Sculpture Live / Whakairo Ora Symposium 2025

Watch Te Whare Roto o Toi – Lake House Arts transform into an open-air sculpture studio this summer. Over two weeks, up to 25 artists from across Aotearoa will work and carve on site, creating small & large-scale sculptural works in real time.

Guided by the theme:

“He mokopuna taku iti, he tipuna taku rahi”
“I am a descendant, so I stay humble. I am also an ancestor, so what I do is important.”

Each artist will respond in their own way – honouring those who came before while shaping something new for those yet to come.

 What to expect

Daily live carving and sculpture 

Artists working with wood and recycled materials

Works in progress you can visit again and again as they evolve

Indoor exhibition in the Becroft Gallery during the symposium

Completed outdoor works on display over summer, with potential tour dates around Tāmaki Makaurau in 2026

? Celebration & Awards – Sunday 7 December, 4pm
Join us as we reveal the finished works and celebrate our artists with a total prize pool of $14,000, including:

Becroft Ultimate Award –
Runner Up 
Localised Award (best use of recycled materials)
Three Highly Commended Awards – 

? Where
Te Whare Roto o Toi – Lake House Arts, Barry’s Point Reserve, Takapuna

? When

Symposium in action: 24 November – 6 December 2025
10am-4pm (please note this is on the grounds only - the house closes at 3pm)

Awards & Celebration: Sunday 7 December, 4pm

Come wander the grounds, watch the works emerge day by day, and experience the wairua of artists creating together in one special house with many lives.

SUPPORTED BY: The Becroft Foundation, Localised - Zero Waste Wairau - Devonport-Takapuna Local Board & Creative Communities NZ

? Tap Interested or Going to get updates, behind-the-scenes peeks, and key dates during the symposium.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/takapuna/whakiro-ora-sculpture-live-lake-house-grounds/200029189178728
- **Event Categories**: art, exhibitions
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 27

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029189178728?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=takapuna-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Takapuna
- **state**: AU
- **country**: New Zealand
- **location**: 37 Fred Thomas Drive, Barry's Point Reserve, Auckland, New Zealand 0740
- **lat**: -36.79373
- **long**: 174.76256
- **full address**: 37 Fred Thomas Drive, Barry's Point Reserve, Auckland, New Zealand 0740, 37 Fred Thomas Dr, Takapuna, Auckland 0622, New Zealand

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Lake House Arts Centre (https://allevents.in/org/lake-house-arts-centre/25946913)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Mon, 24 Nov, 2025 at 12:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 37 Fred Thomas Drive, Barry's Point Reserve, Auckland, New Zealand 0740, 37 Fred Thomas Dr, Takapuna, Auckland 0622, New Zealand
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Lake House Arts Centre
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, exhibitions
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Whakiro Ora / Sculpture Live  ( Lake House Grounds) ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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