KIWI ART TRAIL 2024/25
Love one of these sculptures so much you wish you could take it home?
Well, you could.
About the Kiwi Art Trail
The Kiwi Art Trail is a collection of 20+ kiwi sculptures that have been turned into bespoke pieces of art by talented New Zealand artists. Brought to you by Gallagher Insurance and Save the Kiwi, the Kiwi Art Trail is a free, family-friendly public art trail for all to enjoy.
After the trail, the sculptures will be auctioned and proceeds will go towards kiwi conservation.
About the auction
Half of the available sculptures are currently available to bid on via GalaBid.
The other half will be sold under the hammer at a live auction event in Auckland on Wednesday 9th April.
Can’t attend the live auction event but would like the opportunity to place a bid on one of the sculptures being sold during the evening? Please email enquiries@savethekiwi.nz for more information about pre-auction offers and bidding on a buyer’s behalf.
These sculptures were sold for $10,000 each pre-auction, including to art buyers in London, New York, Italy and Liechtenstein.
Sponsors & partners
Thank you to our team of sponsors and supporters who helped make the Kiwi Art Trail happen.
About the kiwi
Aotearoa used to be home to millions of kiwi. Today a fraction remains. The ngahere (forest), once loud with birdsong, is falling silent.
However, New Zealanders are known all over the world as Kiwis … ironic because most people have never seen our namesake in the wild.
In areas where communities, volunteers and organisations are carrying out intensive predator control, the rate of decline is slowing - some kiwi populations are even increasing. But much of Aotearoa’s forest remains unmanaged and kiwi remain at significant risk due to predators.
We must become kaitiaki (guardians) of te taiao (the environment) and work together to return kiwi to every corner of New Zealand.
About Gallagher Insurance
Gallagher Insurance, formerly known as Crombie Lockwood, has been helping New Zealanders protect what’s important to them for 45 years. Gallagher Insurance is the principal sponsor of the Gallagher Kiwi Burrow, a purpose-built kiwi incubation and hatching facility located in Taupō. Since the facility opened in 2019, the Burrow team has hatched more than 300 chicks and released them into safe places in the wild.
About Save the Kiwi
Save the Kiwi lives and breathes kiwi conservation - it’s in the name, after all! The charity supports kiwi conservation projects all over New Zealand, whether they’re doing hands-on kiwi work, protecting kiwi from stoats and ferrets, or preparing for the return of kiwi one day. Save the Kiwi is passionate about making kiwi conservation more accessible to the average person - because everyone should have the opportunity to see a kiwi in the wild one day!
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