# For more than a decade, a pair of Hobbit-inspired eagle sculptures have cast a watchful eye over visitors at New Zealand’s Wellington Airport. The giant birds will be unfastened from the ceiling on Friday to make way for a new mystery exhibit. The eagles appear as messengers in JRR Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, which were adapted to film by New Zealand’s Sir Peter Jackson. Each eagle has a wingspan of 15 metres. Riding on the back of one of the birds is a sculpture of the wizard, Gandalf.
New Zealand airport to remove Hobbit-themed eagle sculptures