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Giant Māori octopus to star at Tasmania's Ten Days on the Island art festival

The inflatable octopus artwork by Māori artist Lisa Reihana, entitled Te Wheke-a-Muturangi — The Adversary, being installed at Hobart's Kangaroo Bay. (ABC News: Luke Bowden)

When Lisa Reihana constructed an enormous octopus based on a Māori creation story, she never intended it to leave its home in New Zealand. 

Now, in its Australian debut, the inflatable sculpture will sit nestled in the waters of Kangaroo Bay as part of Ten Days on the Island art festival's sprawling state-wide program. 

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