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Over the 30 year history of Katikati Open-Air Art there have been a number of highlights and milestones including;<\/p>\n
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May, 1990.<\/strong> Katikati Open-Air Art Inc formed<\/p>\n 1990,<\/strong> First mural #1 Waitekohe School unveiled<\/p>\n 1992,<\/strong> 10th mural completed \u201cHaymaking\u201d<\/p>\n 1994,<\/strong> Runner-ups in the first Trustpower Western Bay of Plenty Community Awards<\/p>\n 1995,<\/strong> Winner of Trustpower \u2013 Western Bay of Plenty Community award<\/p>\n 1995<\/strong>, Finalist in the Heritage category \u2013 New Zealand Tourism Awards<\/p>\n 1995<\/strong>, Kiwifruit Coast Business Awards – finalist<\/p>\n November, 1996,<\/strong> \u00a0\u201dMural town magic festival\u201d was held<\/p>\n November, 1996,<\/strong> New Mural Town Information Centre was opened<\/p>\n 1996,<\/strong> 20th mural completed \u201cGeorge Vesey Stewart\u201d<\/p>\n 1999<\/strong>, 30th mural completed \u201cPohutukawa Sentinal\u201d<\/p>\n 1998,<\/strong> Tauranga Heritage Award<\/p>\n 1999,<\/strong> \u201cBarry\u201d arrived in Katikati<\/p>\n 2000<\/strong>, Haiku Pathway opened<\/p>\n 2001,<\/strong> First appearance of \u201cPukeko Kid\u201d image<\/p>\n 2002,<\/strong> June Carlton honoured with QSM (Queen\u2019s Service Medal for Community Service)<\/p>\n 2002,<\/strong> The sculpture of \u201cBarry\u201d was vandalised<\/p>\n 2004\/2005,<\/strong> 40th mural completed \u201cGoing Nowhere\u201d<\/p>\n September, 2006,<\/strong> First New Zealand Mural and Arts festival held<\/p>\n May, 2007,<\/strong> First of the new \u201cKatikati Muraltown\u201d road signs erected<\/p>\n September, 2008, <\/strong>Second New Zealand Mural & Arts festival held<\/p>\n 2008,<\/strong> \u201cThe Pioneers\u201d sculpture erected, dedicated to June and Colin Carlton<\/p>\n 2009, <\/strong>Winner of Trustpower – Western Bay of Plenty Community award<\/p>\n 2010,<\/strong> Runner-up New Zealand Trustpower Community awards<\/p>\n October, 2011,<\/strong> \u00a03rd New Zealand Mural & Arts festival in conjunction with \u201cReal NZ\u201d festival was held[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Over the 30 year history of Katikati Open-Air Art there have been a number of highlights and milestones including; May, 1990. Katikati Open-Air Art Inc formed 1990, First…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/katikatiopenairart.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2395"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/katikatiopenairart.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/katikatiopenairart.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/katikatiopenairart.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/katikatiopenairart.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2395"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/katikatiopenairart.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2400,"href":"https:\/\/katikatiopenairart.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2395\/revisions\/2400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/katikatiopenairart.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}