Metal Bird - Fantail Piwakawaka

Our birds are designed with 3mm CorTen steel to form a protective patina that deepens and strengthens with the seasons. This patina will deepen in shade over the years until it reaches a deep brown/charcoal black hue.

This self-sealing aspect of CorTen steel provides a quality guarantee of up to 100 years, ensuring that our product lasts a lifetime and remains completely corrosion resistent.

What might initially resemble generic rust is simply the air and water-tight patina forming over a six month period, so don’t panic! Your Metalbird is doing exactly what it’s been designed to do, and this patina will protect the steel from any further damage and disintegration.

CorTen steel does not require any treatments, oils or chemical additives and is therefore extremely environmentally friendly.

You’ve got to be on your toes when you’re an insectivore. That’s why when you’re walking in the bush or turning over the soil in the garden, Pīwakawaka is there, with a cheery ‘cheet cheet’, constantly flitting to catch the tiny bugs you’re serving on a plate. Its pretty fanned tail gives them amazing acrobatic abilities, like changing direction on the spot and flipping upside down nab a bug under a leaf. Get this much-loved bird for your backyard.

Our Pīwakawaka is:

✓ 27cm high by 24cm wide approximately 300g 
✓ Easy to send our regular boxes are standard A4 size, measuring 31cm x 21 cm x 1cm
✓ Same day dispatch on orders placed before 2pm on weekdays
✓ Made locally in a family-owned factory, right here in NZ
✓ Crafted from 3mm Corten steel and designed to last a lifetime
✓ Easy to install holding on a downwards angle simply tap the thickest end of the stake with a hammer or mallet until secure