Some people call it "eye look." More people describe it as "fabulous."

But, one word Boom Boom is a seven-meter-high stainless steel dinosaur sculpture in New Zealand that will never be associated with "boring".

Boom Boom has sparked heated debate among locals a few days after the installation of the Scenic Centre in North Island, New Zealand in the Taotu Sculpture Park.

The artist – and the team that commissioned it – said that was the point.

The mirror sculpture was commissioned by the Taupō Sculpture Trust and was created by Slovenian-born artist Gregor Kregar.

Krega said the anger that quickly surrounded his work was not "particularly surprised".

"Sculptures sometimes prevent people from interacting with the world everyday," he told the BBC from his home in Auckland. "It's hard to hate sculptures of dinosaurs."

Still, public opinion about prosperity is still split.

Announcing the arrival of Boom Boom in a social media post, one commentator said: "Great! Get people talking about art. Expand the conversation."

But another wrote: “After investing $100,000 from local taxpayers, many would rather see the money spent elsewhere in the community.”

Boom Boom's funds were finalized in 2018, after the additional increase in Taupō District Council was similar to the Council's tax.

After several years of negotiations, last week's work was completed and installed in the park.

Others still criticize the work as having no connection to Taupo, who maintained New Zealand's beautiful awards in 2023's most beautiful town.

But the rocks where dinosaurs stand were inspired by the volcanic history of the region.

Lake Taupō is named after it, a large crater, a volcano that collapses itself. The last outbreak occurred about 1,800 years ago.

Sauropods are the inspiration for prosperity and are one of several dinosaurs that paleontologists call.

They were extinct with most other non-Achi dinosaurs 66 million years ago.

Krega said the vibrant debate around sculpture means that prosperity can ultimately win the “hatemakers”.

"You put the sculpture there, there's a reaction, people start to fall in love with it, and then become something that they start embracing a part of their local identity," he said.

Kim Gillies, secretary of the Taupō Sculpture Trust, told the BBC that the decision to commission Boom Boom was not "slightly" and "easy" and chose it because it "will help put Taupō on the map".

Gillies adds that when it comes to art, “safety is a little boring, right?”

No bones.