Kaiwhakatere - The Navigator

One of the most successful of the public sculptures funded and placed at prominent Wellington outdoor sites by the Wellington Sculpture Trust. Thisparticular sculpture was commissioned in honour of Henry Lang, 1919 - 1997, Secretary to the Treasury, co-founder of the Wellington Sculpture Trust in 1982. "The sculptures are based on the tools of navigation. They acknowledge the site as original shoreline; where canoes were launched and kaimoana gathered; the presence of the two papakainga in the vicinity, Pipitea and Kumototo; and the proximity of Parliament in the present day."
This site was once occupied by Broadcasting House until it was torn down in anticipation of a new parliamentary wing which was never built because of public protest.
The street is named Museum Street as this was the original location of the Dominion Museum founded by James Hector. There is a plaque in his honour on a wall here.