Waiheke Island (40 minutes by ferry from Auckland) hosts a biennial sculpture walk of about thirty large sculptures along 2.5 kms of walkway around the Matiatia headland, with stunning views over the Hauraki Gulf.

1. Waiheke Headland Sculpture Walk

27. You have just viewed a selection of sculptures from the
2009 & 2011 Waiheke Headland Sculpture Walks.
 The 2013 Headland Sculpture Walk will take place from January 25
– February 17, 2013.
 This biennial event was initiated in 2003 by the Waiheke Community
Art Gallery to give people the opportunity to experience sculpture in
a natural setting outside the confines of the gallery.
 The walk is located on Waiheke Island (40 minutes by ferry from
Auckland) at Matiatia, where a marquee will be set up to provide
information and to sell catalogues, drinks and snacks for the walk.
 Shuttle buses will leave every fifteen minutes to take visitors to the
start of the walk at the end of Nick Johnstone Drive.
 Thirty large-scale sculptures designed specially for the location, will
be exhibited by established and emerging artists along 2.5 kms of
walkway with stunning views over the Hauraki Gulf.
 The 2013 sculptures have been chosen from more than 100
submissions by a panel of selectors chaired by John Gow.