By Lookout Staff

February 6 -- An enterprising group of kiwis celebrated New Zealand’s unofficial National Day (Waitangi Day) by building a 100-yard-long sand sculpture Monday.

Crew watches the sunset after finishing the fern. (photos by Olin Ericksen)

Acclaimed New Zealand installation artist Mike Mizrahi was commissioned to build the sculpture, which is shaped in the form of a giant silver fern, New Zealand’s National emblem.

Plenty of Santa Monicans and visitors, as well as several New Zealand television crews were on hand to film the sculpture.

The event, which started at 8 a.m. and concluded at sunset was broadcast live on television in New Zealand.