'Please walk on me': New Zealand flag exhibition shocks Hastings councillor

✍️ Hawkes Bay Ldr 📅 December 02, 2025 12:03 AM ⏱️ 4 min read 🕐 Scraped: December 02, 2025

Summary: The controversial installation includes a New Zealand flag laid on the floor, inviting people to "please walk on me".

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The Te Whare Toi o Heretaunga Hastings Art Gallery is backing a controversial exhibition that encourages people to walk over a New Zealand flag, despite a councillor saying it "feels so wrong".

Māori artist Diane Prince's installation Flagging the Future was hastily removed from the Suter Art Gallery Te Aratoi o Whakatū in Nelson earlier this year for what the gallery described as staff safety reasons following abuse and complaints.

The controversial installation includes a New Zealand flag laid on the floor, inviting people to "please walk on me".

Prince's exhibit at the Hastings District Council-owned gallery

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