{"id":609907,"date":"2026-08-31T06:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T06:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/609907\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T06:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T06:12:11","slug":"stolen-tiori-toru-sculpture-whangarei-art-centre-and-gallery-seek-public-help-finding-thief-who-escaped-on-bicycle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/609907\/","title":{"rendered":"Stolen Tiori Toru sculpture: Whang\u0101rei art centre and gallery seek public help finding thief who escaped on bicycle"},"content":{"rendered":"
The team was made aware early last Wednesday when the sculptures were checked each morning.<\/p>\n
CCTV footage revealed what happened. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s very upsetting and of course it\u2019s very upsetting to the artist who\u2019s put all this work in.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe would just be so happy and relieved to have it back and have it back undamaged.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tiori Toru features glass and resin native birds in a p\u014dhutukawa slab.<\/p>\n
Tiori Toru by artist Karin de Beer has gone missing from its spot at the Whang\u0101rei Town Basin. Photo \/ Hundertwasser Art Centre with Wairau M\u0101ori Art Gallery<\/p>\n
De Beer said she was \u201cvery disappointed\u201d and wanted to see the piece returned.<\/p>\n
It was the newest addition to the art centre\u2019s outdoor sculpture exhibition on July 1.<\/p>\n
Day said the pieces are contracted to be in place for a year. <\/p>\n
The idea was to display art outside a gallery setting for the community to see sculptures outdoors.<\/p>\n
She said the art centre and artists placed trust in the community that work wouldn\u2019t be damaged or stolen. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe really hope it\u2019s not going to put other artists off,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a piece loved by everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n
Day encouraged anyone with information to contact the centre or Crime Stoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.<\/p>\n
Police have been approached for comment.<\/p>\n
Brodie Stone covers crime and emergency for the Northern Advocate. She has spent most of her life in Whang\u0101rei and is passionate about delving into issues that matter to Northlanders and beyond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The team was made aware early last Wednesday when the sculptures were checked each morning. CCTV footage revealed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":609908,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[29161,427,2273,307,304,305,306,65729,150170,133853,258381,308,93,36358,49446,2537,16125,28155,61,258383,60,77164,28151,40009,36657,19875,3023,81981,258382,41557,30220,67330,1130,258380,208609,26452,162872,3668,5906],"class_list":["post-609907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-after","tag-and","tag-art","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-basin","tag-bicycle","tag-centre","tag-cycled","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-escaped","tag-finding","tag-gallery","tag-glass","tag-help","tag-ie","tag-installed","tag-ireland","tag-less","tag-months","tag-on","tag-outdoor","tag-public","tag-sculpture","tag-seek","tag-stained","tag-stolen","tag-than","tag-thief","tag-timber","tag-tiori","tag-toru","tag-town","tag-whangrei","tag-who","tag-with"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=609907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/609908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}