Earthsea Gallery

Shag Rock or Rapanui, as it is known to local Maori, was a distinctive landmark which stood at the entrance of the Avon Heathcote Estuary, until it crumbled in the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake. Peter photographed Shag Rock in 2010 while we were in Sumner exploring other artists' galleries. It seems such a shame this prominent old landmark that was one of the oldest in the South Island has been reduced to a pile of rubble. Here is Shag Rock the way we remember it….