Te Puke's long-awaited giant kiwifruit slices have been installed.
The two kiwifruit slices, a nod to Te Puke's status as kiwifruit capital of the world, were lowered into place outside the town's former railway station today and have created a striking impression at the western entrance to the town.
Te Puke Economic Development Group is behind the initiative and managing director Mark Boyle said installation work would continue this week, with an official ceremony to take place in ''two or three week's time''.
Resource consent for the slices was granted in September last year and they were built off-site. Ground preparation work has been ongoing for several weeks, and the plinths for slices constructed last week.
At the time of announcing the grant of consent, Boyle said there had been a lot of support for the project, which had taken at least 18 months of planning.