The big things of New Zealand are large novelty statues located in many small towns across the country which typically relate to the town and its identity.
[1] Examples include the Taihape gumboot, in a town which has an annual gumboot-throwing contest; the large L&P bottle in Paeroa, the town where the drink originated, and the Big Sheep Shearer in Te Kūiti, where the national sheep-shearing competitions are held.
A similar tradition is found in Australia.
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