Jan Gosling

Jan Gosling is an artist best known for creating Pawa, the iconic and controversial duck mascot of Waipawa, New Zealand. Commissioned by the Waipawa Chamber of Commerce in 1995 to promote the town's first Duck Race, Pawa has become a distinctive symbol of the community, despite her polarizing reputation. Gosling has documented the duck's tumultuous history and its impact on Waipawa's identity, reflecting on the challenges of being an artist associated with such a notorious creation.