Eleven-year-old Bailey Fletcher, from Kaeo, waits for her turn on stage. Photo / Peter de Graaf
More than 50 budding designers contested Saturday's Trash 2 Flash Wearable Arts Show at Whangaroa College, an annual event showcasing Kaeo's creativity and passion for the environment.
All costumes were made from a minimum 75 per cent recycled materials ranging from feed bags to beach debris, old maps, food wrappers and even KFC cutlery.
Contestants were split into six age categories, from pre-schoolers to adults, each of which was given a theme such as "The Circus comes to Kaeo" or "Out of this World".
Apart from Whangaroa College, Kaeo Primary, Totara North, Hato Hohepa and Kerikeri High schools were represented along with home-school pupils.
This year's supreme award went to Jo Sweet-Bennett for a costume called Sourced in Northland, Made in Northland and modelled by Beck Hindson.
Other entertainment included a performance by the college kapa haka group and audience competitions.
