Didn't know that they had made statues of these characters until I stumbled across them on the waterfront

We were staying with some friends near the waterfront and went for a walk to have a look at these wonderful sculptures. Lynley Doss, a Tauranga resident, who is one of New Zealand's leading children's authors, has had her characters from Hairy Maclary turned into...More

Beautifully crafted sculptures. Excellent location. So enjoyed by so many people. Well done to the person who had the vision to bring this to Tauranga!

Imagine a sculpture of all of the main characters from the Hairy Maclary books with each animal so accurate and faithful to their portrayal in the book This was my child’s and my favourite book some 30 years ago and so even on a bitterly...More

Its by the waterfront. One can enjoy all the characters of the book. Its been sculpted excellently and children will enjoy the life like characters.

We thought the statues from hairy Maclary were well done. The tweenies had fun revisiting the characters from their childhood. Be good if they made all the characters of the books though.

We visited here on Sat afternoon and is a very clean and presentable space. We took some photos for the grandkids as one of their favourite books. Easy to get to with parking close by