Booze bans means festival not so wild

Booze bans and the axing of the "feral factor" are two steps being taken by organisers to tame this year's Hokitika Wildfoods Festival.

Co-organiser Sue Hustwick said taking the "gross factor" out of the Friday night entertainment, as well as street closures, should ensure a more peaceful, less messy and safer family-oriented festival.

"We love having visitors to our Wildfoods Festival ... but it's getting too wild, even for us."