Staggering apparition

The moose is in the rag!

There's a whopping great photo of the Mighty Stag/moose in today's Southland Times with a blurb that reads:

"Is it the mysterious Fiordland moose, or a mighty Southland stag? Riverton artist Wayne Hill's latest sculpture, The Water Walker, appeared in the Riverton Estuary on Friday night, just in time for Southland's Ranfurly Shield rugby wim over Wanganui. Hill said when he started working on the sculpture he hadn't decided whether it was a stag or a moose . "Some people said it looked like a stag. Or it's the mysterious moose in Fiordland that's got a little bit lost and ended up in the estuary," he said.

Note to those following the spread of the 'driftwood sculpture' phenomenon, there's another 'warrior' figure standing on 'Gemstone Beach' at Orepuki - artist unknown.