Hobbit sculptures installed on NZ Post

                it took eight designers, 56 tonnes of concrete and a whole load of lights to create NZ Post's monument to The Hobbit empire.

NZ Post approached Sir Richard Taylor and Weta Workshop in July to come up with a design for their Waterloo Quay building to celebrate The Hobbit premiere next month.

The team soon came back with a series of design options and a silhouetted depiction of Bilbo Baggins and his 13 dwarf companions was chosen.

The silhouettes will be lit up each night to stand out against the building five floors up and light up Wellington's skyline.

But while the silhouette style design was sure to be impressive, engineering a way for the six metre tall figures to withstand what could possibly be Wellington's windiest corner proved to be a challenge.