 "The Farming Family" was donated to the city by businessman Sir Robert Jones in 1990 to commemorate the ordinary farming family as being the unsung heroes of Hamilton's 150-year history.The statue, a bronze life-sized sculpture created by Margriet Windhausen van den Berg, has sparked much debate about whether it solely celebrates the European history of the Waikato region.The Farming Family consists of a male farmer and his wife, two young children, a dairy cow, a sheep and a dog.