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Shrooms by Australian light sculptors Amigo Amigo.
Photo: Supplied / Festival of the Lights
This year, 15 new installations with intriguing names such as
Shrooms, UV Spaghetti and
Hybycozo, will compete for attention alongside a busy music programme - a feature of the free council-run event since the 1970s.
From humble beginnings in 1953 when the Poet s Bridge in Pukekura Park was lit up to celebrate Queen Elizabeth s coronation, the TSB Festival of Lights has grown into an event spanning 50 days and nights.
One of the installations, UV Spaghetti.
Photo: Supplied / Festival of the Lights
But it hasn t been plain sailing this year with Covid meaning international artists have been unable to get into the country and organisers have had to deal with the vagaries of overseas shipping.