If Havelock North does not like its pods could
I suggest that they donate one to Waipawa.
During the upgrade of Waipawa’s main street,
the famous duck sculpture made by the renowned artist Jan Gosling was taken
by crane to a place of safekeeping but the wooden plinth was scrapped.
The local Chamber of Commerce, which commissioned
the duck to be built, is saving up for a more artistic mount for the duck.
It could then be prominently displayed so the
rest of New Zealand can see that the people of Waipawa are not fools when it
comes to purchasing expensive artistic sculpture.
Indeed, we have a keen eye for the beauty of
nature expressed in modern sculpture.
Thus the people of Waipawa would love to have
one of the Havelock North pods so that we can mount the famous duck above it.
The contented duck’s smile would then
symbolise it brooding over its happy future.
The combination of the two sculptures would
become even more famous than either of them individually, and those in Havelock
North who feel they have been sold the Emperor’s new clothes could be
satisfied that their money had been put to good use.
