This year's National Contemporary Art Award has gone to Michael Parr and Blaine Western for their cantilvered bus shelter titled Parallel of Life. The award was judged by Artspace director Caterina Riva who said: “The winners have managed to address successfully local content and been brave enough to make and position their work outside the museum, and in doing that, engaging a wider conversation within the city.”

The Award exhibition continues at the Waikato Museum to 18 November.
Image: Michael Parr and Blaine Western's winning entry to the National Contemporary Art Award art at Hamilton's Waikato Museum