Roadside oddity
Wind Wand
New Plymouth, Taranaki
Len Lye's 45 m red kinetic sculpture that bends in the wind, glowing at night.
- Cost
- Free
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 15 min
A tall red fibreglass pole on the New Plymouth foreshore that sways with the breeze, with a lit tip that glows after dark. It sits right on the Coastal Walkway so it is an easy photo stop with the sea behind it. Pair it with the Len Lye Centre up the road.
Good to know
- Best at dusk when the tip lights up
- Strong wind makes it bend most
- Open
- All year
- Getting there
- Foreshore next to the Coastal Walkway, flat and accessible
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
- Dogs
- Dogs on a lead
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