Bright lights: Liam Kenwright, Havelock North, and Mikayla Griffiths, Hastings enjoying the Fiesta of Lights at the Waikoko Gardens at the Hawke's Bay Showgrounds. Photo/Warren Buckland.
Bright lights: Liam Kenwright, Havelock North, and Mikayla Griffiths, Hastings enjoying the Fiesta of Lights at the Waikoko Gardens at the Hawke's Bay Showgrounds. Photo/Warren Buckland.
Each year people visit brightly lit creatures that decorate the Hawke's Bay Showgrounds for the Fiesta of Lights. Reporter Alice Lock went to check it out.
Diving dolphins, jumping reindeer and floating jellyfish sparkle in the sky at the Fiesta of Lights.
Families and friends eagerly line up in frontof a lit-up path before them leading them into a transformed Hawke's Bay Showgrounds.
A large bright elephant greets you at the gate, enticing you to dive further into the trail.
On the other side of a bridge you pass sparkling mermaids, flashing teddy bears and flaming dragons.
Fairy lights spiral up palm trees with the trunks dressed in hot pink and branches blue.
Children in pyjamas are buzzing as they watch the flamingos fly and lanterns fill the air. "Weee," the children squeal as they watch in awe as dolphins dive across the sky.
The lights then begin to dance to Christmas carols.
