Paul Dibble gifts large Huia to Palmerston North

Paul Dibble has gifted a final work to Palmerston North before he contemplates a shift up north. As stated in the Manawatu Standard, Ghost of the Huia is a 2.5m sculpture of a female Huia, in bronze, perched on a ring of Corten steel. The steel ring has a light patina of rust, which will slowly deepen as the steel weathers. Dibble created the sculpture about 10 years ago, and had promised it to the city. He felt now was the right time to have it installed, and it has been proudly positioned in The Square near The Square edge. Dibble says of the Huia, "It was a lovely bird. There's a statement here about if you want things of beauty, you have to be prepared to look after them."