Soundsplash festival chaos: Up to 8000 teenagers endure massive queues in hot sun in Raglan
22 Jan, 2021 07:53 AM
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The crowd goes crazy for Katchafire at the Raglan SoundSplash Festival in 2007. Photo / File
Tom Dillane is a reporter at the New Zealand Heraldtom.dillane@nzme.co.nz@tomdillane1
Thousands of underage teens at Soundsplash music festival have been waiting for up to seven hours in the hot sun in Raglan Airfield for buses which many then threw up on after pre-drinking.
Parents of the teenage festival-goers are irate at what they have labelled a logistical disaster, saying only a handful of shuttle buses were available to transport up to 8000 kids the final 4km to the concert grounds.
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