{"id":582810,"date":"2026-08-28T08:46:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T08:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/582810\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T08:46:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T08:46:15","slug":"walk-in-the-redwoods-sculpture-returns-to-rotorua-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/582810\/","title":{"rendered":"Walk in the Redwoods sculpture returns to Rotorua forest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"TpGGueVENmajZwYgWe\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cHowever, after further investigation, it is now believed to have been weather-related, caused by flying debris in the forest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TpGGueVENmajZwYgWe\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cRepairs cost $7801 and took about eight weeks to complete.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"The Walk in the Redwoods sculpture before it was reinstated in the Redwood Forest.  Photo \/ Rotorua Lakes Council\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>The Walk in the Redwoods sculpture before it was reinstated in the Redwood Forest.  Photo \/ Rotorua Lakes Council<\/p>\n<p class=\"TpGGueVENmajZwYgWe\" style=\"display:none\">The area around the sculpture had since been pruned to help prevent future issues and improve visibility for visitors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TpGGueVENmajZwYgWe\" style=\"display:none\">Tissink disagreed about the cause of the damage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TpGGueVENmajZwYgWe\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThe damage was mainly vandalism and some damage from the Redwood Forest canopy and falling branches,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"TpGGueVENmajZwYgWe\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cBut the majority is [from] vandals, with 100 points of damage. This causes water penetration under the clear coat, and then causes rot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"TpGGueVENmajZwYgWe\" style=\"display:none\">In a social media post this week, Tissink said restoring the sculpture wasn\u2019t just about fixing damage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TpGGueVENmajZwYgWe\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cIt was about honouring my father\u2019s work, protecting our shared history, and preserving public art for future generations. <\/p>\n<p class=\"TpGGueVENmajZwYgWe\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThese pieces belong to everyone, and they carry stories worth keeping safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"TpGGueVENmajZwYgWe\" style=\"display:none\">It was a great feeling to see the sculpture rise again and to watch people stopping to appreciate it, he said. <\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"The sculpture at an earlier placement.\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>The sculpture at an earlier placement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TpGGueVENmajZwYgWe\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThe community connection is still strong \u2013 maybe stronger than ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"TpGGueVENmajZwYgWe\" style=\"display:none\">The sculpture has been removed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/rotorua-daily-post\/news\/rotoruas-iconic-walk-in-the-redwoods-sculpture-back-among-the-trees\/KJ2N4C4M7RGV5LGSXMKHQ3MJZY\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/rotorua-daily-post\/news\/rotoruas-iconic-walk-in-the-redwoods-sculpture-back-among-the-trees\/KJ2N4C4M7RGV5LGSXMKHQ3MJZY\/\">several times for restoration<\/a>, including in 2017 and 2022, when it was moved from near the Redwoods Visitor Centre to a site further down T\u012btokorangi Drive, near the southernmost carpark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cHowever, after further investigation, it is now believed to have been weather-related, caused by flying debris in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":582811,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[74,442,498,499,500,1863,501,156,35838,3247,16569,78,111,139,69,141881,66952,6443,286926,1327,2194,15412,223,61,34890],"class_list":["post-582810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-after","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-back","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-floor","tag-forest","tag-iconic","tag-in","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-redwoods","tag-repairs","tag-returns","tag-rightful","tag-rotorua","tag-sculpture","tag-spot","tag-the","tag-to","tag-walk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=582810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/582811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}