NOVOTEL HOTEL
GREEN WALL
Airport Oaks, Auckland
In keeping with the hotel’s New Zealand theme, our Green Wall consists entirely of native New Zealand flora.
The Wall also has special significance to Tainui, a partner in the hotel’s development.
Nestled within the wall is Winika Cunninghamii, an epiphytic orchid.
This orchid grew on a Totara, which was used to make the hull of a sacred waka belonging to Tainui people. They named the canoe Te Winika, after the orchid.