Mountain Fountain
Mountain Fountain is a public sculpture located in the Parnell suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. It was designed by Terry Stringer and depicts a bronze Cubist volcano thrusting up from a concrete base, with streams of water falling from three of the sculpture's four faces. It was erected in its original location in Aotea Square in 1981. In 2008, it was decommissioned and placed in storage during redevelopment of the square. It was relocated to its current site in the forecourt of Holy Trinity Cathedral in 2010. Commission In 1978, the Auckland Savings Bank donated $75,000 to sponsor the construction of a sculpture featuring moving water in Aotea Square. The Auckland City Council voted to hold the Aotea Square Water Sculpture competition to select a work for the site. In December 1979, a panel consisting of Sir Dove-Myer Robinson, Dame Catherine Tizard, Colin Brenton-Rule, Peter Bartlett and Greer Twiss selected Terry Stringer's design as the winner from 42 entries and a shortlist of six finalists. The jury praised Stringer's entry for dealing "potently with a recognizable element of New Zealand—the land's vigorous geological formation." Stringer, who was 34 years old and working as a lecturer at the Auckland Society of