Here is a suitable solution to the integrity of the Mount. Roll up two huge trucks, put the Morgan Mansion on the first one, and on the second put cages into which would go Morgan and his ego in one, a few dozen stray pussies in one, a whole bunch of feel good arty followers in one, then the Dame commissioner of everything along, with the five councillors who love it. Put the offending sculpture on top.

Ship them down to Ohura where there is plenty of room in the decommissioned prison, and Mr Morgan can set up his Kingdom along with all the required administrative staff. The arty ones could tie white ribbons on the thing and dance around the maypole.

The Dame can chainsaw a couple of natives down (rimu and totara) so the pussies can't get the birds that used to live in them. Morgan could then stick his sculpture on any sodding corner he wanted. Then the native trees of Tauranga would be safe from such stupidity.

R Mead, Tauranga.