The Waipawa Spring Festival— also fondly known as Duck Day — has been a Central Hawke's Bay institution since 1995 when the Waipawa Chamber of Commerce held the first fair in Nelly Jull Park and inaugural duck race down the Waipawa River.
With the weather forecast looking good for Saturday and a record number of stallholders, Waipawa's famous festival is set to be another quacker this year.
The Corporate Ducks are lined up at Tim Chote Appliances, ready to take to the water, with lawyers pitted against accountants, transport companies against appliance shops. To find out who takes it out this year you'll have to be at the Waipawa River at about 1.15pm on Saturday.
In the meantime there's still a chance to get your own individual duck in the race, with tickets available at Waipawa Fish Supply, Kingfisher Gifts, Mumma Gs, Skinny Mulligans, Waipawa Pharmacy, Four Square, Magnolias, Tim Chote Appliances, Waipawa Bakehouse, Story's, Winloves, Gifts etcetera and through the Waipawa Spring Festival Facebook page.