Spectators Enjoy Fireworks

Kieran Heenan kph@meareswilliams.co.nz Anita Molloy-Roberts am@meareswilliams.co.nz W: www.meareswilliams.co.nz T: (03) 374 2547

Offices located at: Lincoln - 43 Gerald Street Rolleston - 80A Rolleston Ave Christchurch - 225 Papanui Rd The Selwyn Fireworks Spectacular Committee were amazed at the turnout on Saturday night! The Committee and volunteers spent tireless hours across eight months planning the event, which saw more than 14,000 spectators attending. Amazingly, this event is purely all about the community. We are a Charitable Trust that provides a platform for our local community groups to set up stalls and sell products, food and drinks. It is great to see our non-profit stallholders get some critical funding they need to survive in times like these. Covid has taught us just how important the little things are in life, and watching numerous people from Canterbury and further afield come and support the staggering event was fantastic. There have been many changes to Foster Park in the past twenty four months, and we have had to work hard on strengthening our relationships with the Council, other community groups and contractors to ensure the event's success for years to come. The stallholders also benefitted well from the event, and we received some positive feedback from stallholders about how successful the night was for them. It’s important to ensure stallholders do well year after year, as that encourages them to return and allows the Committee to protect the event from becoming a commercially hosted event. The Fireworks Committee would sincerely like to thank our supporting partners - Accessman, Pub Charity, Selwyn District Council, Tru Group Ltd and Platt Electrical. We would also like to thank all our contractors who helped set up and help keep spectators safe. A huge thanks also goes to all our volunteers who worked tirelessly to make it look easy. Volunteers are hard to come by, with everyone being so timepoor in this day and age. It was great to have everyone help deliver a fun night! Also, of course, our amazing community, for not only attending and allowing us to have an event in 2023, but also for supporting all the stallholders fundraising for their organisations. Without you, we cannot continue to host this event! So, a very big thank you! Chris OBrien, President - Selwyn Fireworks Spectacular Charitable Trust.