Ancient wildlife sculpture
Eyles’ harrier
Kērangi, around a 2 m wingspan, on a pole and turning into the wind.
On paper. Not yet decided.
Where we are now
A drawing and a spot. The design is 3.5 m by 2 m, mounted 3 m up on a heavy pole with an industrial swivel bearing so that it turns into the wind, and designed to be stable in it.
What it becomes
A harrier above the hillside, moving.
Why this matters
Everything else on the trail is bolted down. This one is specified to turn in the wind, on a headland where the wind is the reason the planting starts with hardy species and works up to the tall trees.
What needs to happen
1 of 6- Placement decided
- Design decided
- Council agreement
- Funding guaranteed
- Apex instructed and a due date agreed
- Opening ceremony planned
In deep time
Circus eylesi, kērangi. Much larger and chunkier than the Australasian swamp harrier through island gigantism, at around a 2 m wingspan — the biggest harrier known — and the swamp harrier is thought to have established only after it had gone.