Auckland War Memorial Museum

Sopolemalama Filipe Tohi is behind the Manulua artworks, which ​are seen on either side of the atrium’s impressive hovering Tanoa bowl.

"I was able to help create the design and from then it went into architecture and then engineering. This year the whole process stopped because of the virus and then we started again until it was finished," says Tohi.

PMN News reports he  says the theme of migration is one of the many meanings behind the Manulua.

Prime Minister Puna arrives tonight ahead of a series of community and official engagements, including a meeting with Key.

“It was my pleasure to attend the celebrations marking 50 years of Cook Islands self-government in free association with New Zealand in Rarotonga last week,” Key said.

“The anniversary is a significant occasion for both our countries and I am pleased to confirm that New Zealand will return that hospitality, and mark the anniversary with a celebration of our own.