Big Lemon & Paeroa bottle
Statue of a beverage in New Zealand / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Big Lemon & Paeroa Bottle is a statue of a bottle of the Lemon & Paeroa soft drink. It is located in Paeroa, New Zealand, where the drink was originally made. It is one of New Zealand's most famous icons, making it one of the most photographed places in the country.[1] It has a height of 6.8 metres (22 ft), a diameter of 1.3 metres (4.3 ft), is made from concrete rings, and is surrounded by lemon trees and lemon shaped rubbish bins in a park around the statue.[1][2][3] It is a popular tourist site,[4] and the statue is owned by the council, but the branding and maintenance of the bottle is done by Coca-Cola Europacific Partners.[5]
Big Lemon & Paeroa bottle | |
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Year | 1969 |
Dimensions | 6.8 m × 1.3 m (270 in × 51 in) |
Location | Paeroa, New Zealand |
Coordinates | 37°22′59.4″S 175°40′27.6″E |
The statue made an appearance in a Lemon & Paeroa television advertisement in the 1990s. It has also featured in a postage stamp in 1998 as part of a series of town icons, including other big things in New Zealand such as Napier's Pania, the giant carrot of Ohakune, and the shearer statue of Te Kūiti.[3] It is commonly known by locals as the Lemon & Paeroa bottle rather than the L&P, a name more common throughout the country.[6] It is not to be confused with a smaller, 5.8-metre (19 ft) tall, Lemon & Paeroa statue at the L&P Café, which was opened in December 2000.[3][7]