Dawn Chorus on the Fish of Maui by Paul Dibble, 2019

This stunning sculpture by local artist, Paul Dibble,stands 5.2 metre high bronze sculpture and rises out of a pond beside the Central Energy Trust Wildbase Recovery centre in Victoria Esplanade.

Dibble’s large sculpture references one of New Zealand’s great creation stories: the legend of Māui fishing up the North Island. Standing in his ‘South Island waka’, Māui landed a gargantuan fish, which today we know as the North Island.

Commissioned by the Palmerston North Public Sculpture Trust, with help from Wildbase Recovery Community Trust.