One of the less well known works of waka-related art in Auckland is the Wayfinder scuplture at the entrance of the New Lynn Community Centre. 

The artist Caroline Robinson said about the work "Its shape reflects the waka which were once carried across the portage in New Lynn. Metaphorically, it represents all the boats and vessels which have brought people to New Lynn and which continue to transport us. Wayfinder also reflects a pod form, honouring the plant life and natural landscape of this area once known as Te Rewarewa. In this way, it could be seen as a seed vessel, holding potential and gently supporting transformation..."

Along the keel are numerous scolls.  Each scroll holds the words of one or more local people.

This project was a comprehensive community participation commission which involved 230 people in the creation of the 6.5 metre high steel sculpture.  There was a core concept team made up of eight people from the local community: Sarah Foote, Ros Gardiner, Dave Harre, Sally Liu, Neil Miller, Enuake Sirikige, Rewi Spraggon, and Stella Suailiua-Sagele.  Naomi McCleary, then the Arts Advisor for Waitakere City said that "The essence of this project was a very comprehensive community participation programme along with an expectation that the aesthetics of this very major piece would not be compromised... The process developed and implemented by Caroline is a model for community based art work..."

The New Lynn Community Centre is at 45 Totara Avenue, New Lynn close to the New Lynn Railway Station.

Caroline Robinson is an artist whose professional work since 1990 has spanned fashion, wearable and performing arts, public space sculpture and installation art. In common across these media Is her use of fibre, ranging from silk to steel. The highly interactive and participatory nature of her projects also engages the 'human fibres' of memory, imagination and communication.  Click here to visit Caroline’s website.