Art on Te Awa ride

Two new sculptures on the Cambridge to Velodrome section of the Te Awa River Ride greeted participants with a splash of smoke and colour during the recent Light Night Ride.

Wag the dog – with frisbee in his mouth – stands guard overlooking the Waikato River while further up, eel Kuwharuwharu sits at the bottom of the Velodrome path.

Nim, a three-year-old Huntaway – owned by the Davies-Colley family – stops to admire Wag the dog. Photo: Supplied.

The James Wright corten steel creations were installed in May and funded by the Brian Perry Charitable Trust as part of a new river ride art trail.

More art will come, trail manager Sarah Ulmer told The News.

Cambridge Community Board chair Jo Davies-Colley said she loved the art.

“The art is amazing. It adds so much fun and interest to an already stunning track.”

Wright is an Auckland-based sculptor known for his hundreds of large scale corten steel sculptures around the country.

Emily Cameron, Louie Ulmer and Lily Cameron behind the smokey eel, one of two James Wright sculptures on Te Awa. Photo: Mary Anne Gill

Wag the Dog, one of two James Wright sculptures on Te Awa. Photo: Mary Anne Gill

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