7 March, 2026

Trade group stages welcome for New Year

Talent unfurled… Fan dancers from the Colour China Group from East Tamaki were among cultural performers at last month’s colourful Year of the Horse celebrations put on again in Takapuna by the NZ China Trade Association

Castor Bay residents Jim and Jane Hodges

Sasha Jackson from Glenfield with friend George Moore from Takapuna

Feel the beat… The Waist Drum Group’s rousing renditions had a stunning backdrop of Takapuna Beach

LEFT: Vivian Wu (8) with a candyfloss bunny
RIGHT: Yufei (3) with mum Jie Zhang, dad Xiaoxi Zhang and brother Yifei (9)

Eats up… One of many food stall vendors in action

Adam McDonald with Claudia Linares from Hobsonville

ABOVE: Student Amy Wu of the Takapuna- based New Zealand Institute of Education donned a Chinese lion headdress for the day
BELOW: Near and far… Local Dayna O’Donohue (second left) is flanked by Americans Tshala (left) and Malia Butler, with Alaina O’Donohue (right)

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