Carols cancelled

One of Warkworth’s best-loved Christmas traditions, Warkworth Rotary’s Carols in the Park, won’t be held this year.

Organiser Mick Saunders says that although NZ is now in Level 1, the decision as to whether or not to hold the event had to be made at the end of the last school term, when Auckland was still in Level 2.5.

“The kindergartens and schools need time to choose songs and practise, so we had to make a decision early,” he says. “It’s the first time in 20-odd years the event has been cancelled.”