Street party pulls record crowd
More than 4000 revellers packed Kerikeri’s main street on Saturday night for the culmination of a massive weekend which started on Friday with the Bald Angels’ world-record-breaking big shave in which 462 people went bald to raise money for disadvantaged Northlanders. On Saturday about 2500 people contested the Kerikeri Half Marathon and that evening thousands more ate, drank and danced in the annual Kerikeri Street party with a record 28 food stalls and 13 wineries taking part. This year’s bands were Jules’ Trio (Kerikeri), Legacy (Whangarei) and Pacifica Beats winners Strangely Arousing (Rotorua). The street party was started in 2007 by a group of B&B owners to persuade out-of-town runners in the half marathon to spend an extra night in town. Since then the free event has grown into Kerikeri’s biggest night of the year. Photos by Peter de Graaf.
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