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Digital sign slating Rotorua s Hemo Gorge roundabout sculpture to be investigated
29 Dec, 2020 03:39 AM
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NZ Taxpayers s Union boss Jordan Williams is in Rotorua, erecting physical signs in addition to the electronic sign by Hemo roundabout.
NZ Taxpayers s Union boss Jordan Williams is in Rotorua, erecting physical signs in addition to the electronic sign by Hemo roundabout.
An electronic sign slating Rotorua s Hemo Gorge roundabout sculpture as a monument to waste will be investigated for potentially breaching district plan rules. The sign is located on private land bordering Mokoia Drive and SH5, about 100m from the Hemo Gorge roundabout where the 12m-high 3D-printed sculpture Te Ahi Tupua stands.
Sunday, 27 December 2020, 2:11 pm
New Zealanders approaching the Hemo Gorge
roundabout from the south will from today be greeted by an
electronic message board warning motorists of the 12-metre
3D-printed monument to Government waste at the Te Hemo Gorge
roundabout, where State Highway 5 meets State Highway
30.
The sign reads MONUMENTAL WASTE AHEAD /
COST: $743,000 / AND COUNTING, and is an initiative of the
New Zealand Taxpayers Union, installed by volunteers from
the Rotorua District Residents and Ratepayers
(RDRR).
Union spokesman Jordan Williams says, This
monument to waste was installed three years behind schedule
and $240,000 over budget. But we understand the final bill
will be even higher, once the costs of the botched