The City to Sea Bridge is a pedestrian bridge and public artwork located in Wellington City, New Zealand. Opened on 31 October 1993,[1] the wedge-shaped bridge crosses arterial road Jervois Quay, connecting the public spaces of Civic Square to the Wellington waterfront precinct at Whairepo Lagoon.[2] Around the square are the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington Town Hall, Wellington City Art Gallery and Wellington Central Library.
Looking from the bridge down into Civic Square, with Matt Pine's sculptures at the base of the stairs.Detail of the City to Sea Bridge, showing one of the bridge sides, made from large rough-cut slabs of timber cut away in patterns. A grill-work porthole looks through the side into the high-rise building beyond.
Architects Rewi Thompson and John Gray were commissioned by Wellington City Council to design the bridge, and they brought in artist Paratene Matchitt to contribute to the design. The Council's brief was that the bridge should address the significance of the waterfront and public space.[3] The bridge is adorned with non-traditional wooden sculptures carved by Matchitt, some of which form the sides of the bridge. On one side are two large birds representing welcome and festivity. On the other are two whales which can also be seen as the taniwha Ngake and Whātaitai,[3] who according to Māori legend created Wellington Harbour.[4] Poles on the bridge have metal shapes on them. Some represent the moon and stars, signifying celestial navigation.[3] Other symbols on the poles are inspired by those on Te Kooti's flag Te Wepu.[5] Matchitt's work was influenced by Te Kooti's philosophies and he used these symbols in other sculptures as well as the bridge.[6] The whole layered bridge structure represents the uplifted and eroded landforms of Wellington and a point of arrival and change.[3] At the Civic Square base of the bridge are two Oamaru stone sculptures by Matt Pine, titled Prow and Capital.[7] A plaque here states:
Capital and Prow
The sculptures by Matt Pine on either side of the stairs are part of a series of 10 works called Reflections on an Ancient Past. Capital (above) is based on European classical architectural elements with koru form on the edges. Prow (on the other side) depicts a Maori canoe prow with Taniko weave motif on the edges - a mix of European and Maori cultural elements.[8]
^Archives Online (18 September 2020). "Timeline - We Built This City". Wellington City Council. Archived from the original on 20 January 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
^"Rot attacks bridge from city to sea". Stuff. The Dominion Post. 3 May 2009.
^ abcdGray, John (1994). "City-to-Sea Bridge - More Than Meets the Eye". ProDesign. April/May: 28–30.
^Grace, Wiremu. "Ngake and Whātaitai the taniwha of Wellington harbour". Ministry of Education. Archived from the original on 4 May 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
^Lloyd, Helen (2013). "Art in Context" (PDF). Te Papa. p. 36. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 April 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
^Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (1998). Dream Collectors: One Hundred Years of Art in New Zealand. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Papa Press. pp. 118–119. ISBN 0-909010-48-X.
^"Civic Centre - Wellington Heritage". Wellington City Council. Archived from the original on 12 April 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
^Denben (13 January 2015). "Capital and Prow - Civic Square - Wellington, New Zealand". Waymarking. Archived from the original on 30 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
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