A Whale Song Update!
You are standing right next to an inquisitive 8 metre long baby humpback whale. Its enormous 24 metre long mother is watching you.
Imagine...
The impossible has become possible
You are surrounded by a family of seven life-sized bronze sculpted humpback whales in pod formation, suspended over a one-acre site, centrally located on the Kāpiti Coast.
A 40-minute drive north of Wellington, Whale Song is the inspiration of local artist Mike Fuller.
Mike’s amazing sculpture depicts a family pod of humpback whales (known as the singing whales) which traverse our coast each year.
The mission of Whale Song is to...
• represent the connection of whales to mana whenua of Kāpiti and all iwi of New Zealand who followed the whales here on their journeys of discovery across the Pacific and on to Aotearoa
• promote messaging around care of our environment along with conservation and educational programmes (already under development with local schools)
• create a place where Kāpiti and New Zealand’s whaling past and whale stories can be shared, where Aotearoa’s earliest commercial exports took place (whale oil and flax fibre)
• boost tourism for the district, bringing higher value and longer staying tourists
Whale Song will be a significant international attraction for locals and visitors alike. It will provide a sense of place and identity for the region.