Enthralled crowds were transported to a magical moonlit garden as the Dunedin Midwinter Carnival put on its biggest show ever. A 10 minute animation was projected on to the facade of St Paul’s cathedral as the audience reacted with gasps and applause. Costume-clad revelers packed the streets around the Octagon for the Midwinter Carnival. A gingerbread man teetered on a ledge to the crowd’s consternation before escaping back into a window to general applause. Earlier people packed the Octagon and surrounding streets for the biggest ever procession of lanterns in the event’s history.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 26, 2021 08:01 UTC