List of New Zealand's big things

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The big things of New Zealand are a loosely related set of large structures or sculptures.[1] Related in concept to the big things of neighbouring Australia, New Zealand's sculptures are fewer in number.[2]

List of big things

North Island

Name Location Built Size Notes Image
Big Apple Waitomo Caves The logo of the Big Apple Cafe. 100px
Big Bicycle Taupo 2012 3 m (9.8 ft) A 3m high bicycle erected in September 2012 to encourage road safety to cyclists
Big Bull Bulls 4 m (13 ft) A large Bull, signifying the importance of bulls to Bulls.[3] 100px
Big Carrot Ohakune 1984 Erected at the entrance to the town, recognising the importance of market gardening to the local economy.[4] The carrot was originally a fibreglass prop used in an ANZ Bank commercial that was acquired by the town and officially unveiled by the Prime Minister in 1984. 100px
Big Gumboot Taihape A giant metal gumboot made from corrugated iron. Represents Taihape as the "Gumboot Capital of the World".[5] 100px
Big Kiwifruit Te Puke, Bay of Plenty Part of the Kiwi360 complex.[6] 100px
Big Kiwis Otorohanga Several corrugated-iron kiwis are located around the town, the self-proclaimed capital of Kiwiana. 100px
Big Lemon and Paeroa Bottle Paeroa, Thames Valley 1967 7 m (23 ft) A large soft drink bottle; L&P or Lemon & Paeroa.[7] 100px
Big Loaf Manaia The town is 'New Zealand's Bread Capital' - Yarrows Family Bakers, one of the last and largest remaining independently owned bakeries, is in Manaia.
Big Sheep and Sheepdog Tirau 1994 Made from corrugated iron, the town's information centre is shaped like a giant dog, with 'the big sheep' housing a large wool outlet.[8] 100px
Big Sheep Shearer Te Kuiti The town promotes itself as the sheep shearing capital of the world and is host to the annual New Zealand National Shearing Championships. 100px
Big Trout Taupo A giant metal trout
Big Prawn Taupo A giant prawn, part of Huka Prawn Park
File:Giant Prawn at Huka Prawn Park.jpg
Giant Prawn at Huka Prawn Park

South Island

Name Location Built Size Notes Image
Big Clock Alexandra A large clock on the hill overlooking the town.
Big Crayfish Kaikoura The logo of the Lobster Inn Motel.
Big Doughnut Springfield 2007 3.5 m (11 ft) A doughnut set up to promote The Simpsons Movie.[9] 100px
The Five Clydesdales Clinton[10] A group of (slightly) larger-than-life-sized Clydesdale horses.
Big Fruit[11] Cromwell 1989 13 m (43 ft) An apricot, apple, pear and nectarine. 100px
Big Paua (abalone) [12] Riverton Giant Paua Shell just past eastern bridge into the town.
Big Salmon[13] Rakaia 100px
Big Sandfly Pukekura[14] A sandfly mounted outside The Bushmans Centre.
Big Sausage Tuatapere A big sausage atop a fork, awarded to the town in September 2015 by the ZM radio show Fletch, Vaughan and Megan.[15]
Surfer Riding a Wave Colac Bay Big statue of surfer riding a wave
File:Big Surfer riding a wave Colac Bay.jpg
Big Surfer riding a wave Colac Bay
Big Trout and Big guitar Gore A brown trout.[16] Central Gore also has a giant guitar, honouring the town's status as the unofficial capital of country and western music in New Zealand. 100px
File:The Big Guitar in Gore.JPG
The Big Guitar in Gore

See also

References

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  14. ↑ [1] Archived December 2, 2013 at the Wayback Machine
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