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Metalbird Kiwi

So cool… A Metalbird Kiwi silhouette… with ladder! This cool and funny artwork is a collaboration between Metalbird and Glenn Jones Art.

“In honour of NZ Made Day, and we’re bringing back our iconic Kiwi collaboration with NZ’s finest illustrator, Glenn Jones! This Kiwi is hands down one of our most beloved silhouettes, selling out every year, for good reason! From his Auckland studio, Glenn creates art with a sense of humour that celebrates what it is to be Kiwi. With the holidays around the corner, grab yourself a piece of kiwiana by a homegrown legend!”

Size:

• Approx. size Metalbird kiwi: 44cm high by 44cm wide
  Weight: approximately 900gSize box: 340mmx390mmAnother great artwork by Metalbird! Cool and funny corten steel artwork

About Kiwi

The kiwi is a unique and curious bird: it cannot fly, has loose, hair-like feathers, strong legs and no tail.

Kiwi are ratites. The closest relatives to today’s kiwi are the extinct elephant birds from Madagascar. They are also related to emus and cassowaries of Australia, and the extinct moa of New Zealand.

There are five species of kiwi:

• Brown kiwi
• Great spotted kiwi/roroa
• Little spotted kiwi
• Rowi
• Tokoeka

Kiwi can live for between 25 and 50 years. Chicks hatch fully feathered. They emerge from the nest to feed at about five days old and are never fed by their parents. Juveniles grow slowly, taking three to five years to reach adult size.

Are you ready for your Metalbird Kiwi?

Source: Department of Conservation

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