Local Sand Sculpture attempts to capture the sun and win back the sunshine crown
From left: Julie Flintoff, Gaye & Graeme Bloomfield, Stella Bloomfield, Brian Flintoff at Tahuna Beach with their amazing sun sand sculpture. Photo: Sinead Ogilvie, Nelson Weekly.
Local Monaco residents Julie & Brian Flintoff love the Nelson summer sun.
Last weekend they stepped up and did their bit in the fight to bring back the crown as the Sunshine Capital of New Zealand to Nelson, a title lost last year to rival sun city Whakatane.
When they heard from Bowater Hyundai last week that there was a compeition on to win a brand new Hyundai Santa Fe they began planning an epic sand sculpture. Their design is based around the old Maori legend of Maui snaring the sun. In this case it is all of us snaring the sun, and "encouraging" it to stick around so we can win back the crown.
Brian Flintoff is a professional, and experienced, jade and bone carver. He is quite comfortable working in the "3-D", but working in sand is an entirely new artistic endeavour. Not phased by this he gathered in the family and headed off to Tahunanui Beach last Saturday morning. They had a plan in mind but didn't quite know how it would all come together.
We discovered that they had built their scuplture when it appeared on the front page of the Nelson Weekly today. We think they did a fantastic job, but they now need our collective help to win the car.
The "How To Guide" to winning a brand new Hyundai Santa Fe this summer, or helping your friends win!
This summer Hyundai New Zealand want to get us all back onto the beach, and reconnected to the simpler things in life.
Summer is all about sun, surf, sand, fun and family. What better way to join all of these things together than a good old fashioned sand castle competition.
There is a twist though. We are living in a very connected world, and as such Hyundai are using Facebook to determine the winner. It is a popularity contest so lets make the most of what we have got!
We have put together a guide to how this competition works, and how you can make the most of your chances to win the brand new Hyundai Santa Fe.
Get creative, get sandy & win a Santa Fe for a year!
This summer Hyundai want you to get creative, get sandy and enjoy the best of the kiwi summer outdoors and at the beach. The incentive? You could win yourself a brand new Hyundai Santa Fe for a year!
All you have to do is get down to the beach and get building a breathtaking sand castle, then upload it to Hyundai's Facebook page and get your friends to like it.
As always, the most likes wins, so think about how you could get millions of Facebook randoms to like your sculpture and you are into win!
Here is a quick rundown:
Do you think this is your kind of thing?
We have some extra tips to get you motivated.
Get a free iPad Retina when you make a deal with Bowater Hyundai this summer.
Bowater Hyundai are keen to get you into a new car for the summer.
So keen that they are going to sweeten the deal with a brand new iPad Retina with every new or used car sold through the dealership.
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The iPad Retina is the pinnacle of current generation mobile computing power. (Learn more by clicking here). That is why we are adding one to each deal. We thought that those that appreciate the wonder behind the iPad would also appreciate the Hyundai range of cars, with it's fluidic design and commitment to technical excellence. A perfect match.
