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Wellington sees four-week Chinese New Year Festival ’07 programme
Numbers expected to reach 27,000, with children’s
and family events, and a fashion and dance show
Wellington, January 31 (JY&A
Media) Thanks to the Asian Events’ Trust, Wellington will
celebrate Chinese New Year with four major events in the city, kicking
off on Lunar New Year’s Eve, February 17, and ending on March
9. Entry to the events is free.
On February 17, the Sin Nian (New Year)
programme at Capital E sees ‘Chalking the Square’, with
events aimed at children aged two to fifteen. Children will colour
in Year of the Pig images masked out at Civic Square, and there
will be stage entertainment, activities and competitions for them.
Events run from 2 to 5 p.m.
New Clothes for the New Year, on February
25, is a fashion and dance show under the sails at Queen’s
Wharf hosted by Jack Yan, publisher
of New Zealand’s only international fashion magazine, Lucire,
and actress–writer Katlyn Wong, currently rehearsing Penumbra
for AK07.
Designers for New Clothes include Voon,
De Nada, Haley Smith New Zealand and Charislee. The dance programme,
featuring ‘cHip-cHop’, sees hip-hop set to Canto-pop.
The show runs from 2 to 4 p.m. If weather is not ideal, the show
will be moved to the Renouf Foyer at the Michael Fowler Centre.
March 4’s Festival Day is the grand finalé
to the major celebrations. The traditional Asian Market with food
and crafts at the TSB Bank Arena begins at 11 a.m., a street parade
featuring international entertainers runs from 2.15 to 3 p.m., and
cultural entertainment takes place at Frank Kitts Park, from 3 to
5 p.m. Numbers are expected to hit 27,000.
Schools are offered the opportunity to host four
craftspeople from Tianjin, China, who will participate in a schools’
programme from March 5 to 9 inclusive.
More information will be available at the Asian
Events’ Trust’s Chinese New Year site at www.chinesenewyear.org.nz.
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About the Chinese New Year Festival
The Wellington Chinese New Year Festival spans two weeks from Saturday,
February 17 to Sunday, March 4, 2007, featuring three separate events,
Sin Nian@CapitalE, New Clothes for the New Year and
Festival Day. These events offer a wonderful opportunity to educate
and share with the residents and visitors of greater Wellington,
the traditions, colour and vibrancy of the Chinese culture.
The Festival is well supported by Wellington
City Council and Wellington Waterfront. Asia NZ has been involved
with the Festival since its inception. This, together with the commitment
and work of local community groups in the region, has resulted in
the Chinese New Year Festival becoming a major cultural event for
Wellington.
Asian Events’ Trust, an independent body,
has planned a full programme of activities to celebrate the Year
of the Pig, 2007.
About Lucire
Lucire, the global fashion magazine (www.lucire.com),
started on the web in 1997. In October 2004, it became the first
magazine in its sector to extend its brand into a print magazine.
By May 2005, it became the first web magazine to spawn two national
print editions. Lucire became the first fashion industry
partner of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP, www.unep.org).
It is headquartered in Wellington, New Zealand and published by
Lucire LLC. For print edition information, see <http://www.lucire.net>.
Notes to editors
Lucire is a registered trade mark of Jack Yan & Associates
and subject to protection in certain jurisdictions. All other trade
marks are the properties of their respective owners and are only
used in a descriptive fashion without any intention to infringe.
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