Australia-New Zealand Memorial, Canberra
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The Australia-New Zealand Memorial in Canberra, Australia commemorates the unique Relationship between New Zealand and Australia, and stands at the corner of ANZAC Parade and Constitution Avenue, the former bisecting the Parliamentary Triangle and the latter forming the base of the triangle that represents the form of government in Canberra, the national capital city of Australia.
Maori language: Mau tena kiwa o te kete. maku tenei
English language: Each of us at a handle of the basket
[edit] Design
The two kete or basket handles express the shared effort to achieve common goals in both peace and war, and to acknowledge the courage and sacrifice of service men and women who served shoulder-to-shoulder on foreign soil.
The paving patterns upon which the kete handles stand represent the weaving of a basket, and represent the interweaving of lands, peoples and cultures. Daisy Nadjungdanga from Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia designed the paving under the western handle; Toi Te Rito Maihi and Allen Wihongi from Northland, New Zealand, designed the paving under the eastern handle. The surface of the paving is made with Canterbury, Coromandel and Golden Bay stone.
At the centre of the paving on each side is buried soil from Gallipoli, the birth of the ANZAC tradition. (seeAustralian and New Zealand Army Corps, 1915) Inscribed on the paving are the names of the campaigns where New Zealanders and Australians have fought together.
The memorial was designed by artist Kingsley Baird and architects Studio of Pacific Architecture, both of Wellington, New Zealand.
[edit] Poem
Poem by Jenny Bornholdt, inscribed on a bronze 'boulder' under the arch on each side.
This sea we cross over
and over. Tides turning on
gold and sheep. On rain. On sand.
On earth the fallen lie
beneath. On geography. On
women standing. On peoples of
gardens and movement.
On trade and union.
This sea a bridge
of faith. This sea we are
contained and
moved by.
