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Ancient wildlife sculpture

New Zealand raven

Named in the layout and nowhere described. A cutout in a frame.

Proposed

On paper. Not yet decided.

Where we are now

A spot and a framing note, and less of both than anything else on the trail: a cutout raised from a concrete plinth on round poles and framed in box section, with dimensions that cannot all be right. There is no description of the bird at all.

What it becomes

A raven in a frame on this ground, with something written about it first.

Why this matters

It is the one subject on the trail with no description behind it. Showing that is better than filling it in: the layout names the bird and stops, and so does this panel.

What needs to happen

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  • Placement decided
  • Design decided
  • Council agreement
  • Funding guaranteed
  • Apex instructed and a due date agreed
  • Opening ceremony planned

In deep time

Corvus antipodum. The name is all that has been settled on, so the name is all that is said here.

Connected to

Surveyed boundary

The shape on the map is the Trust’s own: planting blocks surveyed by Survey Waitaki in August 2025 and mapped in ArcGIS, or a layer exported from that map. The area and length quoted here are measured from it, and the block areas agree with the Trust’s own chart to better than 0.15%.

Not settled yet

A proposed position on a draft layout that is under review — both the spot and the subject at it may change. The species notes come from Trish Shirley’s research for the sculpture designs.

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