List of New Zealand's big things facts for kids

The big things of New Zealand are large novelty statues located in small towns which typically relate to the town and its identity. Examples include the Taihape gumboot, in a town which has an annual gumboot-throwing contest; the large L&P bottle in Paeroa, the town where the drink originated, and the Big Sheep Shearer in Te Kuiti, where the national sheep-shearing competitions are held. A similar tradition is found in Australia.

List of big things

North Island

Name	Location	Built	Size	Notes	Image
Big Apple	Waitomo Caves		7.5 m (25 ft)	The logo of the Big Apple Cafe.
Big Bicycle	Taupō	2012	3 m (9.8 ft)	A 3m high bicycle erected in September 2012 to encourage road safety to cyclists
Big Bull	Bulls		4 m (13 ft)	A large Bull, signifying the importance of bulls to Bulls.
Big Carrot	Ohakune	1984	7.5 m (25 ft)	This big carrot is at the entrance to the town Ohakune, recognising the importance of market gardening to the local economy. The carrot was originally a fibreglass prop used in an ANZ Bank commercial that was acquired by the town and officially unveiled by the Prime Minister in 1984.
Big Dairy Whip	Tatuanui			A giant can of Tatua Dairy Whip at the site of the Tatua Dairy Company factory.
Big Gumboot	Taihape	2000		A giant metal gumboot made from corrugated iron. Represents Taihape as the "Gumboot Capital of the World".
Big Kiwifruit	Te Puke, Bay of Plenty			Part of the Kiwi360 complex.
Big Kiwi	Eketahuna			Big Kiwi; relocated in 2016.
Big Kiwis	Otorohanga			Several corrugated-iron kiwis are located around the town, the self-proclaimed capital of Kiwiana.
Big Lemon and Paeroa Bottle	Paeroa, Thames Valley	1967	7 m (23 ft)	A large soft drink bottle; L&P or Lemon & Paeroa.
Big Loaf	Manaia			The town is 'New Zealand's Bread Capital' - Yarrows Family Bakers, one of the last and largest remaining independently owned bakeries, is in Manaia.
Big Sheep and Sheepdog	Tīrau	1994		Made from corrugated iron, the town's information centre is shaped like a giant dog, with 'the big sheep' housing a large wool outlet.
Big Sheep Shearer	Te Kuiti			The town promotes itself as the sheep shearing capital of the world and is host to the annual New Zealand National Shearing Championships.
Big Trout	Taupō			A giant metal trout
Big Prawn	Taupō			A giant prawn, part of Huka Prawn Park
Giant Oystercatcher	Kaiaua	23 January 2005	3.5 m	A large oystercatcher, to represent the shorebirds of the Seabird Coast.
Mega Cow	Morrinsville	2017	6.5 m	A large cow, to acknowledge the area's thriving dairy farming industry.

South Island

Name	Location	Built	Size	Notes	Image
Big Clock	Alexandra	1968	11 m (36 ft)	A large clock on the hill overlooking the town.
Big Crayfish	Kaikoura			The logo of the Lobster Inn Motel.
Big Doughnut	Springfield	2007	3.5 m (11 ft)	A doughnut set up to promote The Simpsons Movie.
The Five Clydesdales	Clinton			A group of (slightly) larger-than-life-sized Clydesdale horses.
Big Fruit	Cromwell	1989	13 m (43 ft)	An apricot, apple, pear and nectarine.
Big Mosgiel	Mosgiel			Big letters spelling the name of the town.
Big Paua (abalone)	Riverton			Giant Paua Shell just past eastern bridge into the town.
Big Salmon	Rakaia	1991	12 m (39 ft)	A larger than usual salmon, commonly found in the Rakaia River.
Big Sandfly	Pukekura			A sandfly mounted outside The Bushmans Centre.
Big Sausage	Tuatapere		3 m (10 ft)	A big sausage atop a fork, awarded to the town in September 2015 by the ZM radio show Fletch, Vaughan and Megan.
Surfer Riding a Wave	Colac Bay			Big statue of surfer riding a wave
Big Takahe	Te Anau		~ 2.2 m (7.2 ft)	Big statue of the takahē, an endangered, flightless bird indigenous to New Zealand's South Island.
Harbour Mouth Molars	Dunedin			Sculpture of several molars, sometimes called the Harbour Mouth Molars, in Kitchener Street Reserve.
Big Trout and Big guitar	Gore		1998 (Trout)	A brown trout. Central Gore also has a giant guitar, honouring the town's status as the unofficial capital of country and western music in New Zealand.
Big Wheelbarrow	Hokitika			Holds a giant inflatable wild pig during Hokitika's annual Wildfoods Festival.