Street artist Mikaere Gardiner completed his sixth Wanganui mural at the weekend.
The work is on a wall of the Whanganui Arts @ The Centre (formerly the Wanganui Community Arts Centre building) on Taupo Quay.
Mr Gardiner was hard at work on the mural yesterday morning when the Chronicle caught up with him.
"There are nine native birds - five land birds and four coastal birds. They are metaphors for the landscape around the Whanganui River," he said.
Mr Gardiner began painting the mural on Friday morning and hoped to have it finished by this morning. He was using Resene housepaint, which he said is the "best there is" for street art.