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
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
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-38.13328° or 38° 7′ 60″ southLongitude
176.25855° or 176° 15′ 31″ eastInception
2008Open location code
4VHRV785+MCOpenStreetMap ID
node 9549047745OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=sculpture
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tellytubby Hill and Rotorua Gardens Hospital Site.
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