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Peaceful, family-friendly start to 2021 in Bay of Islands
1 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Peter de Graaf is a reporter for the Northern Advocatepeter.degraaf@northernadvocate.co.nznorthernadvocat
The New Year got off to an explosive start in the Bay of Islands with fireworks, not fisticuffs, dominating family-friendly festivities in traditional hotspots like Paihia.
The annual midnight fireworks show, which is paid for by Bay of Islands businesses, risked being cancelled because of the Covid pandemic and the resulting loss of tourism income.
A last-ditch appeal for cash by Business Paihia paid off, however, and the show was able to go ahead.