Kawakawa Bay of Islands New Zealand
Internationally renown artist and architect Frederick Hundertwasser could never have dreamed of the impact he was going to have on a small, rural community when he made New Zealand his second home 25 years ago. From a sleepy hollow just off the tourist track through the Bay of Islands, the Kawakawa township has burgeoned into a "must see" mecca for Hundertwasser devotees worldwide. It all happened as a result of a public toilet - probably the most unlikely building to have ever captured international visitor attention anywhere. The project has already attracted both French and Japanese television documentary teams to Kawakawa, together with international visitors already beginning to number in the thousands.

Kawakawa has become famous for the Hundertwasser toilets the only building he completed in the Southern Hemisphere. They are very interesting and can be found in the centre of the main street. His philosophy was that straight lines are the work of the devil, hence his passion for the curved. This is a mini-masterpiece. Local shops are beginning to take up the theme too.

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