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Brightwell founded the
Mareikura Canoe Club shortly after, and travelled around New Zealand reintroducing waka ama to local Māori. The club has since developed into the nationwide Waka Ama Club organisation with over 80 clubs. For this work, Brightwell was bestowed with the Samoan chief's title of
290:. The sculpture is surrounded by smaller sculptures of tūpuna (ancestors) and kaitiaki (guardians). Brightwell's grandmother, Te Huatahi Susie Gilbert, had requested that he carve a sculpture of Ngātoro-i-rangi, and Brightwell had been unable to find a suitable tōtara tree.
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The sculpture was initially controversial, with a local councillor complaining that "outsiders should not be cutting into our rock". Brightwell decided to leave the sculpture's eyes blank due to the negative reception.
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sculpture he created in 1998 is held in the art collection at
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