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 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. 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. 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 A free event that see’s kids across South Auckland gather at the Auckland Botanic Gardens for four days to learn about the environment has beaten big name events like Dick Smith NRL Auckland Nines and Wellington Jazz Festival to win the prestigious The $30,000 sculpture stolen from Auckland's Botanic Gardens has been found broken and bent at a scrap metal yard. 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 .
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 "Like a botanic garden, it is a collection of difference World Building of the Year 2013 was awarded to the Auckland Art Gallery and World Interior of the Year 2013 was presented to a tiled apartment in Barcelona. The Auckland Botanical Gardens, complete with exotic plants and lush shrubs, make up the center of an engaging and informative botanical tour. Visitors are transported on a small train to the park. From there they can disembark and wander freely throughout .
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