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== In popular culture== [[File:Macraes Haasts Eagle Sculpture 001.JPG|thumb|A Haast's eagle statue on Macraes Flat]] Artwork depicting Haast's eagle now may be viewed at [[OceanaGold]]'s Heritage and Art Park at [[Macraes Mine|Macraes]], [[Otago]], New Zealand.<ref>{{Cite news |title=The Haast Eagle has landed |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/north-otago/haast-eagle-has-landed |date=19 December 2008 |access-date=22 March 2024 |work=The Otago Daily Times |archive-date=10 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510015934/https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/north-otago/haast-eagle-has-landed |url-status=live }}</ref> The sculpture, weighing approximately {{convert|750|kg|lb|abbr=on}}, standing {{convert|7.5|m|ft}} tall, and depicted with a wingspan of {{convert|11.5|m|ft}} is constructed from stainless steel tube and sheet and was designed and constructed by Mark Hill, a sculptor from [[Arrowtown]], New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.3news.co.nz/Video/Giant-art-sculptures-pop-up-in-Otago/tabid/372/articleID/85193/cat/58/Default.aspx#video |title=Giant art sculptures pop up in Otago |publisher=3 News |location=New Zealand |quote=Lifestyle β Video on Demand |date=20 December 2008 |access-date=2 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518001440/http://www.3news.co.nz/Video/Giant-art-sculptures-pop-up-in-Otago/tabid/372/articleID/85193/cat/58/Default.aspx#video |archive-date=18 May 2014 |url-status=dead}} [http://www.3news.co.nz/Giant-art-sculptures-pop-up-in-Otago/tabid/420/articleID/85193/cat/58/Default.aspx text version] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324080320/http://www.3news.co.nz/Giant-art-sculptures-pop-up-in-Otago/tabid/420/articleID/85193/cat/58/Default.aspx |date=24 March 2012}}</ref> The Haast's eagle also appeared in a 2003 BBC documentary ''[[Monsters We Met]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/prehistoric_life/tv_radio/monsterswemet/series1.shtml |title=Monsters We Met β About the series |access-date=10 May 2024 |website=[[BBC]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060306225829/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/prehistoric_life/tv_radio/monsterswemet/series1.shtml |archive-date=6 March 2006 |url-status=live}}</ref> There is also a statue depicting the Haast's eagle in [[Karamea]], West Coast. This statue was unveiled by the community and the [[NgΔti Waewae]] iwi.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Hokioi statue revives ancestral connection |url=https://waateanews.com/2020/02/24/hokioi-statue-revives-ancestral-connection/ |date=24 February 2020 |access-date=23 March 2024 |work=Waetea News |archive-date=23 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220723223307/https://waateanews.com/2020/02/24/hokioi-statue-revives-ancestral-connection/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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