Wind Wand Blows Over Hurricanes as Talk of the Town in New Plymouth

In the rural New Zealand town of New Plymouth rugby-loving citizens are normally attuned to talking about the local rugby team, the Hurricanes, but a 45 metre tall wand erected for the millennium has captured their imaginations. Kinetic sculptor, the late Len Lye, who was architect of the wand, would surely be pleased at the strange pride Wind-wand mania has whipped up in the small town.