The area's principal floral attraction, however, is the 64-hectare Auckland Botanic Gardens, which features more than 10,000 plants, from natives to exotic African varieties. The coach tour I joined did not stop at the principal Auckland garden complex but German born artist Ralf Witthaus is renowned for his incredible large-scale landscape art back home, and now he’s bringing the unorthodox discipline to the Auckland Botanic Gardens in a project that is so ambitious it is of global proportions. It was purchased for the Gardens' permanent collection by the Friends of the Auckland Botanic Gardens. The 90 kilogram statue is made of carved wood, painted steel and bronze. Gardens' manager Jack Hobbs said a scrap metal merchant contacted police as soon A $30,000 bronze sculpture has been sawn off its fixing and stolen from the Auckland Botanic Gardens. The artwork, titled 'Tuna' is a sculpture of a long-fin eel. Gardens manager Jack Hobbs says thieves appear to have targeted the gardens overnight. Take the cable car and walk down through the Botanical Gardens, stopping for coffee in the unbelievable The Coromandel, not far from Auckland, is a peninsula of rolling wooded hills and stunning beaches. Don’t miss the Driving Creek Railway and Secretary Botanical Gardens and Public Recreation Dr as part of an animal exchange programme, the Auckland Zoo confirmed to The Sunday Leader that thy are not sending any animals to Sri Lanka in return. Responding to an e-mail forwarded to the .
A vandalised $30,000 bronze sculpture of an eel stolen from Auckland's Botanic Gardens has turned up at a scrap metal yard. Staff discovered on Monday morning that the bronze sculpture, called Tuna (the Maori word for eel), had been sawn off its fixings. A $30,000 bronze sculpture of an eel has been sawn off its fixings and stolen from Auckland's Botanic Gardens. Slippery thieves have slid away with a $30,000 sculpture of an eel from Auckland's Botanic Gardens. Staff discovered on Monday morning that the Slippery thieves have slid away with a $30,000 sculpture of an eel from Auckland's Botanic Gardens. Staff discovered on Monday morning that the bronze sculpture, called Tuna (the Maori word for eel), had been sawn off its fixings, leaving the mounting Ashburton District Council took out silver with their horse-themed garden, while Otorohanga District Council and Christchurch Botanic Gardens earned silver boost to the local economy. The Ellerslie Flower Show brought in a whopping $14.9 million .
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