The aviary in Queen Elizabeth Park, Masterton, could be in for a makeover after sustained complaints to the Masterton District Council over its dreary appearance.
Councillor Gary Caffell, who heads the councils parks and open spaces task group, has confirmed he will be asking senior staff to report on the aviary's condition having fielded many calls over a long time complaining about it.
The complaints mainly centre round the lack of interesting birds in the aviary, which is largely inhabited by silkies and other poultry, apart from a lone peacock and three or four small parrots.
But callers to the Times-Age have also expressed their dismay over the perceived lack of respect shown to Wairarapa's most prominent World War I soldier, Brigadier-General Sir Herbert Hart.
A plaque honouring Sir Herbert used to be incorporated in a stone wall in the park close to the native aviary but since the demolition of that aviary, along with several other aviaries, it has been relocated to ground level just outside the wire of the existing aviary known as the peacock enclosure.
