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Rotorua Zombie Walk thrills onlookers (+video)

Anita Moran
Rotorua Daily Post·
31 Oct, 2011 02:00 AM2 mins to read

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It may not have been Halloween yet but zombies were out in force in Rotorua at the weekend.

The Zombie Walk, which raises money for the Brain Injury Association, took place in the central city on Saturday with nearly 200 people in attendance.

As part of the event, residents dressed as the living dead and walked through the central city.

Event organiser Layla Robinson said numbers for this year's event were slightly down on last year.

"I think the rain put some people off but it was absolutely fantastic," she said.

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"It was an awesome time."

The walk started at the Village Green at 5.30pm and culminated with the Thriller dance back on the Village Green at 7pm.

This was the second year Ms Robinson has organised the event.

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And while last year's was a flash mob surrounded in controversy, this year's has been received with open arms.

Before last year's inaugural event an anonymous caller rang one of the event's sponsors claiming the walk was offensive to people with brain injuries.

A person, who did not want to be identified, had also contacted The Daily Post with the same complaint.

This year, however, no complaints had been received.

"It was outstanding," Ms Robinson said.

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From start to finish it was flawless.

She said it was great to be able to raise awareness for a much needed cause in a fun way.

"Everyone loved it," she said.

"We also had some people from the Brain Injury Association in Rotorua who helped out with the organisation and running of the event."

She said it was great the event helped promote a cause which people didn't often hear about.

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It cost $5 to take part in the walk with all money going towards the Brain Injury Association.

Ms Robinson said a final tally had not been counted but she thought more than $1000 was raised.

She said she was impressed with the calibre of the costumes people had made.

"People just put so much effort in," she said.

"It was really great to see."

Ms Robinson said a highlight of the event for her would be performing the Thriller dance at the end of the walk.

"The crowd that turned out to watch us was massive, it was amazing," she said.

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