Butterfly Wind Sculpture

Butterfly Wind Sculpture is a work of art in Rotorua Lakes District, Bay of Plenty. Butterfly Wind Sculpture is situated nearby to the grassland Tellytubby Hill, as well as near the archaeological site Rotorua Gardens Hospital Site.

Type: Work of art
Artwork type: sculpture
Inscription: “THIS SCULPTURE IS DONATED TO THE CITY OF ROTORUA ON BEHALF OF PEOPLE OF DUTCH DESCENT, AS A TOKEN OF APPRECIATION FOR THE HOSPITALITY RECEIVED DURING THEIR YEARS OF SETTLEMENT.”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Government Gardens and Rotorua Museum.

Government Gardens

Park

Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Government Gardens is a public park, partly laid out as gardens, located beside Lake Rotorua in central Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand. Government Gardens is situated 170 metres south of Butterfly Wind Sculpture.

Rotorua Museum

Museum

Photo: Szilas, Public domain.

The Rotorua Museum is a local museum and art gallery located in the Government Gardens near the centre of Rotorua, New Zealand. It is dedicated to art culture and heritage of Rotorua and wider New Zealand. Rotorua Museum is situated 260 metres south of Butterfly Wind Sculpture.

Sir Howard Morrison Performing Arts Centre

Theater building

Photo: Schwede66, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Sir Howard Morrison Performing Arts Centre is a theater building, which is situated 410 metres southwest of Butterfly Wind Sculpture.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rotorua Central and Rotorua.

Rotorua Central

Suburb

Photo: Tournasol7, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Rotorua Central is the central business district and central suburb of Rotorua, in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand's North Island.

Rotorua

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Rotorua is the geothermal wonderland of New Zealand, with easily experienced Māori culture, family activities and a range of outdoor adventure activities such as white-water rafting and mountain biking.

Ohinemutu

Suburb

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ohinemutu is a suburb in Rotorua, New Zealand. It includes a living Māori village and the original settlement of Rotorua. The organiser of a celebration for the area having been settled for 650 years said it has been continuously inhabited since 1365.

Butterfly Wind Sculpture

Category: tourism
Location: Rotorua Lakes District, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-38.13328° or 38° 7′ 60″ south

Longitude

176.25855° or 176° 15′ 31″ east

Inception

2008

Open location code

4VHRV785+MC

OpenStreetMap ID

node 9549047745

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=artwork

OpenStreetMap attribute

artwork_type=sculpture

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Tellytubby Hill and Rotorua Gardens Hospital Site.

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