Kiwiagogoland

  Santa parades are big business in NZ. The main ones are in the cities, but the nearby village of Lincoln had its own version too. It's typically the summer carnival with Santa on the back of a lorry. The whole village turned out and when you consider numbers (population 4000) the efforts were on a much grander scale than that of Solihull (which we witnessed the week prior to leaving the UK). This carnival procession had floats!

Another feature is the "dress your bike" competition, where all the kids try to out do each other with various Christmas themes for their bikes. As you can see from the pictures, helmets are still compulsory!