“People should keep an eye in the sky for soaring falcons, fiery dragons, enormous suns, an astronaut and a sea of whales,” Adam says.
“In Ashburton we have the factory which makes the largest kites in the world. There’s a series of whales and a blue whale with a little baby.”
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Fresh from the recent Nelson kite festival, Christchurch's Julie Adam, takes a kite for a spin on New Brighton Beach.
After decades of wear and tear from flying enormous and heavy kites, Adam now favours “stingers”.
“The public won’t know the difference, but they fly on their own without needing a pilot kite to lift them,” she says.