Twinkle Toes

Twinkle Toes is the largest excavator in the Southern Hemisphere.

[1] It was bought for around NZ$4m[2] and imported to New Zealand by Auckland-based demolition firm Nikau Contractors, and arrived in the Port of Lyttelton in September 2011.

[6] When the telescoping arm is not extended, the reach is 25 metres (82 ft).

The excavator is not suited for demolishing the bottom two storeys of a building.

[4] The excavator got its nickname following a naming competition on Christchurch radio station More FM.

Twinkle Toes demolishing the PricewaterhouseCoopers building in September 2012
Twinkle Toes' first Christchurch demolition in Liverpool Street in November 2011; note that the telescoping arm is not extended