Media and Collections

This is a list of media articles, awards, publications, and collections involving Hippathy's work.

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Collections

The Giant Wētā — Pūkaha National Wildlife Centre (Mount Bruce)
Solid Silver Model of The Temple for Christchurch — Canterbury Museum

Awards

New Zealander of the Year Local Hero Award

2013
Commendation - Christchurch Civic Trust Award

2013

Grants

Burning Man Honoraria Grant (for The Giant Wētā) — Burning Man Project

2016
Black Rock Arts Foundation Grant (for The Temple for Christchurch) — Black Rock Arts Foundation (BRAF)

2012

Publications

Huritanga: 10 years of transformative place-making — Life in Vacant Spaces (LiVS)

ISBN: 978-0-473-65655-3
Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV — Barnaby Bennett

ISBN: 978-0-473-22761-6

Articles

Cone-troversy At Burning Man: Kiwi Coneheads Rally Behind Coney McConeface Amidst NZ's Anti-Cone Crusade — Scoop

12 July 2024
Burning Man: NZ artists building 18m road cone to light up Nevada desert — Radio New Zealand

6 July 2024
Burning Man to Mount Bruce — Wairarapa Times-Age

16 April 2019
Giant wētā graces KiwiBurn — The New Zealand Herald

31 January 2017
Giant Flaming Wētā to Fire at Burning Man — Whanganui Chronicle

21 April 2016
Temple for Christchurch goes up in flames — The Press

23 September 2013
Seismic sculpture burned to the ground — Radio New Zealand

22 September 2013
Time to torch and let go of painful memories — The Press

19 September 2013
Burning Temple — Architecture Now

19 May 2013
Work begins on doomed sculpture — The Press

3 May 2013

Videos

NZ Herald: Giant wētā graces KiwiBurn

31 January 2017
Seven Sharp (Nga Taonga Archive)

9 September 2016
The Temple for Christchurch (Vimeo)

1 September 2013
Campbell Live (Nga Taonga Archive)

29 April 2013

Audio

Hippathy Valentine: Building up to be burnt down — Radio New Zealand - Nights

8 July 2025
Kiwis build giant road cone for Burning Man festival — Radio New Zealand - Checkpoint

5 July 2024
Kiwiburn: The Robots Are Coming! — Radio New Zealand - Nights

27 January 2017
Giant wētā at Burning Man — Radio New Zealand - Standing Room Only

19 June 2016
The Temple for Christchurch — Radio New Zealand - Arts on Sunday

15 September 2013