A huge crowd turned out for Oromahoe School's Matariki Light Festival on Sunday evening after it was postponed by 24 hours due to Saturday's heavy rain.
Festival-goers enjoyed live music, lots of warming kai, facepainting, a glow-in-the-dark tunnel, and a lantern trail around the school grounds highlighting student creativity.
For many, however, the highlight was simply catching up with old friends around a brazier after two years of cancelled and disrupted events.
Proceeds from the school's biggest fundraiser of the year will pay for improvements to its outdoor spaces. Oromahoe is off State Highway 10 about 12km south of Kerikeri.
