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Taniwha Mural


 I found this mural a while back in Kaikohe on the side of one of the older buildings. Painted by someone named Cory R it looks like it was done a few years ago. Apart from the flora, flax and Taniwhas it has been sadly graffitied here and there. I can't find any information about Cory but Taniwhas are knowns as being mythical creatures that lurk in watery dens or caves and were often depicted as dragons or serpents - sounds like an Eel to me.

Linking up with Mural Monday.

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Tom said…
...it's a shame that it ha been tagged.
22 November 2021 at 09:02
Bleubeard and Elizabeth said…
It was a beautiful mural at one time. It's still quite lovely and colorful if you can get around the tagging.
22 November 2021 at 09:38
William Kendall said…
Such a shame about the graffiti.
22 November 2021 at 10:29
Sami said…
Love the flowers, but what a pity it has been defaced by taggers.
Thanks for participating in Monday Murals Amy.
22 November 2021 at 18:50
Iris Flavia said…
Beautiful and shameful in more than one way that it got tagged.
22 November 2021 at 19:01
local alien said…
Nice bright flowewrs. Such a pity someone could even think to deface it. Taniwhas are my grandsons favourite monsters! Or were when they were younger
22 November 2021 at 22:11
magiceye said…
Bright and colourful!
23 November 2021 at 02:01
b.c. said…
i love learning about all the mythical creatures and all the new words you share--
23 November 2021 at 02:30
Sharon said…
Such a shame that it has been tagged. It looks so interesting.
23 November 2021 at 03:58
Yogi♪♪♪ said…
Nice mural, so sad that somebody decided to deface it.
23 November 2021 at 04:04
Bill said…
Too bad they defaced the mural with tagging.
23 November 2021 at 05:35
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