在新西兰人口最多的城市奥克兰,距离中心商业区50公里半径的范围内分布着四个一流的雕塑公园。其中,康奈尔斯雕塑园是独一无二的,呈现了这个国家大型雕塑的缩影。它座落于怀赫科岛(距离奥克兰市区船程很短)东端的一个私人海湾,隐藏在一片天然的灌木林中。康奈尔斯雕塑园展示了新西兰近二十年最重要雕塑家的作品。这个公园由约翰·高和乔·高夫妇于1998年创立。最初,他们购买雕塑作品是为了提升海岸沿线的三幢殖民期别墅的景观。然而,当雕塑园这个概念出现 Oakland, New Zealand’s most populous city, has four first-class sculpture parks within a 50-kilometer radius of the downtown business district. Among them, Corners Sculpture Park is unique, showing a microcosm of the country’s large sculpture. It is nestled in a private bay on the eastern end of Waiheke Island, which has a short boat ride to the city of Auckland, hidden in a natural shrubbery. Corners Sculpture Park shows New Zealand’s most important sculptor for nearly two decades. The park was founded in 1998 by John High and Joe Gow. Initially, they purchased sculptures to enhance the landscape of three colonial villas along the coast. However, when the concept of sculpture garden appeared