Auckland’s Chinese lantern festival 2012

This will be Auckland’s 13th annual Lantern Festival. Visitors can choose from dozens of delicious Asian food stalls and picnic on the grass amidst hundreds of beautiful lanterns specially imported from China. Non-stop entertainment on the main stage includes a dragon and lion dance group from Shanghai, a reggae band Chinese-style from Beijing, an opera and modern dance group from Taizhou and a capella group from Hong Kong.