The Tomoana Showgrounds Hawke's Bay Mega Fun Carnival which ran through all four days of the Hawke's Bay Anniversary and Labour Day holiday weekend is set to go another round later this week.
Fairground manager C.J.Mahon, of major amusement park rides operator Mahons Amusements said as the last of the ground-breaking carnival's three-hour sessions kicked-in on Monday the carnival will reopen with 6.30-9.30pm night show s on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and two daytime sessions on both Saturday and Sunday.
He said going ahead with the carnival at Showgrounds Hawke's Bay Tomoana in Hastings, for which tickets could be purchased only on-line, was only possible with the support of the Hawke's Bay A and P Society, including general manager Sally Jackson.
It's possible even more sessions could be opened to meet the demand as the operation experiments with the options amid the Covid-19 pandemic which has cancelled all the pre-Christmas lower North Island A and P shows at which the amusements would have been a feature – including the Hawke's Bay A and P Show.
It follows the success of the holiday-weekend experiment with limited numbers for each session but few or no queues – bolstered by four days of fine weather.