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[Name]: Big Apple
[Location]: Waitomo Caves
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[Size]: 7.5 m (25 ft)
[Notes]: The logo of the Big Apple Cafe.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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".
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[Name]: Big Kiwifruit
[Location]: Te Puke, Bay of Plenty
[Built]:
[Size]:
[Notes]: Part of the Kiwi360 complex.
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[Name]: Big Kiwi
[Location]: Eketahuna
[Built]:
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[Notes]: Big Kiwi; relocated in 2016.
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[Name]: Big Kiwis
[Location]: Otorohanga
[Built]:
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[Notes]: Several corrugated-iron kiwis are located around the town, the self-proclaimed capital of Kiwiana.
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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.
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[Name]: Big Loaf
[Location]: Manaia
[Built]:
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[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.
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[Name]: Big Sheep Shearer
[Location]: Te Kuiti
[Built]:
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[Notes]: The town promotes itself as the sheep shearing capital of the world and is host to the annual New Zealand National Shearing Championships.
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[Name]: Big Trout
[Location]: Taupō
[Built]:
[Size]:
[Notes]: A giant metal trout
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[Name]: Big Prawn
[Location]: Taupō
[Built]:
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[Notes]: A giant prawn, part of Huka Prawn Park
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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[Name]: Big Paua (abalone)
[Location]: Riverton
[Built]:
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[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]:
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[Name]: Big Sandfly
[Location]: Pukekura
[Built]:
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[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.
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[Name]: Surfer Riding a Wave
[Location]: Colac Bay
[Built]:
[Size]:
[Notes]: Big statue of surfer riding a wave
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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.
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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.
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