An hour of Christmas cheer kickstarted the festive season on Saturday as the Hikurangi community turned out in droves for their highly-anticipated Christmas Parade.
Around 22 floats were featured at the event, which hasn’t run since 2020. The floats ranged from those of Hikurangi Crop Swap, Northland Horror and St John’s, to those of Hikurangi Primary School and Three Little Birds daycare.
Around 150 people were involved in the parade itself, including 50 motorcycles, and around 60 people were part of the Falun Dafa Tian Guo Marching Band, which featured a mixture of Northlanders and people from further south.