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One of the few big fireworks that worked during the Caroline Bay New Year display early on New Year s Day 2020.
The year began with a fizzer in South Canterbury but it was not Coronavirus/Covid-19 related writes Doug Sail in the first of our series looking back on the year that was – one in which our world changed dramatically. 2020 was just minutes old when thousands gathered at Caroline Bay in Timaru were unknowingly given an early insight of a year ahead which would be full of disappointment through the disruption of everything from events to business and education to health.