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See Rakiura Track Chain Link Sculpture, Rakiura National Park, New Zealand
The chain link sculpture at Lee Bay marks the start of the Rakiura Track.
From the information next to the anchor: Māori creation stories tell how Māui, a legendary Polynesia voyager, pulled up from the sea floor the anchor stone Te Puka A Māui (Stewart Island / Rakiura) to act as an anchor for the great ancestral canoe Te Waka o Aoraki (South Island of New Zealand).
The stylised anchor chain is secured firmly on land by a shackle but disappears beneath Foveaux Strait / Te Ara a Kewa to remind us of the physical and spiritual connections between Stewart Island / Rakiura and Bluff / Motu Pohue, the traditional taurapa or stern post of Te Waka o Aoraki.
The chain links also symbolise a history of inter-relationships that have given the peoples of Stewart Island / Rakiura a strong sense of heritage and identity.
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