Photos: Paihia welcomes 2019
It was a mostly peaceful, good-natured start to 2019 in Paihia where a few thousand tourists and locals gathered along the waterfront to see in the New Year with the traditional fireworks display launched from a barge. A large contingent of police was on hand to enforce the liquor ban and transport anyone arrested, mostly for fighting, to the police cells in Kaikohe. Photos by Peter de Graaf and Stephen Western.
Image 1 of 11: Kerikeri friends Chloe Mountain, Adrian Davita and Kate Edwards enjoy a free sausage sizzle put on by Paihia Baptist Church members Lijie Goodhue, Helen Read and Joanna Rogers. Photo / Peter de Graaf
