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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. ....

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