Porirua Writer's Walk: A cache highlighting a sculpture recognizing local writer Patricia Grace.
Not too long after the appearance of the Michael King sculpture just around the waterfront, a new sculpture honouring Patrica Grace appeared at the published coords. The Plimmerton resident is a writer of novels, short stories and children's books.
Because of the geocaching separation rules, a traditional cache cannot be placed at the sculpture itself so this multi-cache will request that you visit the sculpture to collect a bit of information and redirect you to a cache a very short distance away. The original location of the cache wasn't too bad but since it's hiding place was all but destroyed the cache is now is a rather mundane location.
You may also note that just along from here is another sculpture (a Pou, actually) commemorating Te Rangihaeata - a Ngāti Toa chief and, according to the PWW website, a "wordsmith". Check it out while you're in the area - though it does not form part of the multi-cache.
The cache can be found at:
S41 07.ABC E174 50.DEF
Use the information plaque to get the following values for A,B,C,D,E and F. All references refer to the 2-paragraph excerpt appearing between "Putiki" and the URL.
A = The number of letters in what the birds were eyeing (noun only, not the preposition).
B = The number of Maori words appearing in the excerpt (remember, not including the title).
C = The number of commas in the first paragraph (two sentences).
D = The number of times the word "rising" is used.
E = The number of sentences in the except.
F = The number of words in the 6th line.
The checksum for A..F is 24.
Note that the suplture at WP1 is T1 (accessible by wheelchair) but the final is T1.5.