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List of New Zealand's Big Thingsreport

  • [Name]: Big Apple
    [Location]: Waitomo Caves
    [Built]:
    [Size]: 7.5 m (25 ft)
    [Notes]: The logo of the Big Apple Cafe.
    [Image]: Big Apple Waitomo.jpg
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  • [Name]: Big Bicycle
    [Location]: Taupō
    [Built]: 2012
    [Size]: 3 m (9.8 ft)
    [Notes]: A 3m high bicycle erected in September 2012 to encourage road safety to cyclists
    [Image]:
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  • [Name]: Big Bull
    [Location]: Bulls
    [Built]:
    [Size]: 4 m (13 ft)
    [Notes]: A large Bull, signifying the importance of bulls to Bulls.
    [Image]: Bull in Bulls.JPG
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  • [Name]: Big Carrot
    [Location]: Ohakune
    [Built]: 1984
    [Size]: 7.5 m (25 ft)
    [Notes]: This big carrot is at the entrance to the town Ohakune, recognising the importance of market gardening to the local economy. 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.
    [Image]: Ohakunecarrot1b.jpg
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  • [Name]: Big Gumboot
    [Location]: Taihape
    [Built]: 2000
    [Size]:
    [Notes]: A giant metal gumboot made from corrugated iron. Represents Taihape as the "Gumboot Capital of the World".
    [Image]: Big Gumboot.JPG
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  • [Name]: Big Kiwifruit
    [Location]: Te Puke, Bay of Plenty
    [Built]:
    [Size]:
    [Notes]: Part of the Kiwi360 complex.
    [Image]: Kiwi360 Yellow.JPG
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  • [Name]: Big Kiwi
    [Location]: Eketahuna
    [Built]:
    [Size]:
    [Notes]: Big Kiwi; relocated in 2016.
    [Image]: Eketahuna Kiwi.jpg
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  • [Name]: Big Kiwis
    [Location]: Otorohanga
    [Built]:
    [Size]:
    [Notes]: Several corrugated-iron kiwis are located around the town, the self-proclaimed capital of Kiwiana.
    [Image]: Corregated Iron Kiwi in Otorohanga.jpg
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  • [Name]: Big Lemon and Paeroa Bottle
    [Location]: Paeroa, Thames Valley
    [Built]: 1967
    [Size]: 7 m (23 ft)
    [Notes]: A large soft drink bottle; L&P or Lemon & Paeroa.
    [Image]: L&P bottle sculpture 68.jpg
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  • [Name]: Big Loaf
    [Location]: Manaia
    [Built]:
    [Size]:
    [Notes]: The town is 'New Zealand's Bread Capital' - Yarrows Family Bakers, one of the last and largest remaining independently owned bakeries, is in Manaia.
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  • [Name]: Big Sheep and Sheepdog
    [Location]: Tīrau
    [Built]: 1994
    [Size]:
    [Notes]: Made from corrugated iron, the town's information centre is shaped like a giant dog, with 'the big sheep' housing a large wool outlet.
    [Image]: The dog and sheep buildings, Tirau, Waikato, New Zealand, 3 April 2008.jpg
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  • [Name]: Big Sheep Shearer
    [Location]: Te Kuiti
    [Built]:
    [Size]:
    [Notes]: The town promotes itself as the sheep shearing capital of the world and is host to the annual New Zealand National Shearing Championships.
    [Image]: Te kuiti shearer statue.jpg
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  • [Name]: Big Trout
    [Location]: Taupō
    [Built]:
    [Size]:
    [Notes]: A giant metal trout
    [Image]:
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  • [Name]: Big Prawn
    [Location]: Taupō
    [Built]:
    [Size]:
    [Notes]: A giant prawn, part of Huka Prawn Park
    [Image]: Giant Prawn at Huka Prawn Park.jpg
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  • [Name]: Giant Oystercatcher
    [Location]: Kaiaua
    [Built]: 23 January 2005
    [Size]: 3.5 m
    [Notes]: A large oystercatcher, to represent the shorebirds of the Seabird Coast.
    [Image]: Seabird Coast.jpg
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  • [Name]: Mega Cow
    [Location]: Morrinsville
    [Built]: 2017
    [Size]: 6.5 m
    [Notes]: A large cow, to acknowledge the area's thriving dairy farming industry.
    [Image]: Big Cow at Morrinsville.jpg
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  • [Name]: Big Clock
    [Location]: Alexandra
    [Built]: 1968
    [Size]: 11 m (36 ft)
    [Notes]: A large clock on the hill overlooking the town.
    [Image]:
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  • [Name]: Big Crayfish
    [Location]: Kaikōura
    [Built]:
    [Size]:
    [Notes]: The logo of the Lobster Inn Motel.
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  • [Name]: Big Doughnut
    [Location]: Springfield
    [Built]: 2007
    [Size]: 3.5 m (11 ft)
    [Notes]: A doughnut set up to promote The Simpsons Movie.
    [Image]: Donut-springfield-nz (person deleted).jpg
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  • [Name]: The Five Clydesdales
    [Location]: Clinton
    [Built]:
    [Size]:
    [Notes]: A group of (slightly) larger-than-life-sized Clydesdale horses.
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  • [Name]: Big Fruit
    [Location]: Cromwell
    [Built]: 1989
    [Size]: 13 m (43 ft)
    [Notes]: An apricot, apple, pear and nectarine.
    [Image]: Big fruit outside Cromwell, Central Otago.jpg
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  • [Name]: Big Paua (abalone)
    [Location]: Riverton
    [Built]:
    [Size]:
    [Notes]: Giant Paua Shell just past eastern bridge into the town.
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  • [Name]: Big Salmon
    [Location]: Rakaia
    [Built]:
    [Size]: 12 m (39 ft)
    [Notes]:
    [Image]: BigSalmon Rakaia.jpg
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  • [Name]: Big Sandfly
    [Location]: Pukekura
    [Built]:
    [Size]:
    [Notes]: A sandfly mounted outside The Bushmans Centre.
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  • [Name]: Big Sausage
    [Location]: Tuatapere
    [Built]:
    [Size]: 3 m (10 ft)
    [Notes]: A big sausage atop a fork, awarded to the town in September 2015 by the ZM radio show Fletch, Vaughan and Megan.
    [Image]:
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  • [Name]: Surfer Riding a Wave
    [Location]: Colac Bay
    [Built]:
    [Size]:
    [Notes]: Big statue of surfer riding a wave
    [Image]: Big Surfer riding a wave Colac Bay.jpg
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  • [Name]: Big Takahe
    [Location]: Te Anau
    [Built]:
    [Size]: ~ 2.2 m (7.2 ft)
    [Notes]: Big statue of the takahē, an endangered, flightless bird indigenous to New Zealand's South Island.
    [Image]: Big Takahe bird statue
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  • [Name]: Big Trout and Big guitar
    [Location]: Gore
    [Built]:
    [Size]:
    [Notes]: A brown trout. Central Gore also has a giant guitar, honouring the town's status as the unofficial capital of country and western music in New Zealand.
    [Image]: Gore New Zealand.JPGThe Big Guitar in Gore.JPG
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New Zealand is famous for its lakes, mountains, extremes and outdoor activities. In fact, New Zealand’s works of art, especially those large sculptures are also “quite distinctive” , and some can really make you dumbfounded. These Big Things are symbols of New Zealand’s cities, which have become iconic because they are filled with bizarre sculptures that are funny or weird, often refreshing.

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