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Corrugated-iron art

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Corrugated-iron art

A corrugated-iron sculpture of a shepherd stands outside the Church of the Good Shepherd on the main street of Tīrau. It is one of a number of corrugated-iron sculptures by Steven Clothier which have turned Tīrau into the corrugated-iron capital of New Zealand. The dog in the background houses the information centre.

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Nancy Swarbrick, Waikato places – Putaruru and Tīrau, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/27347/corrugated-iron-art (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 26 May 2010, updated 11 June 2015.