Produced by the non-profit Communities Action Trust NZ (CATNZ) established in 2008, and brought to the capital by the Wellington City Council, this year’s Diwali held last weekend, had a very local empahsis.

Murali Kumar, who is the Operations and Events Manager at CATNZ, and the main brain behind the event informed, “We featured about 430 performers, carrying out over 30 acts over a period of eight hours. This year, we had participation from the wider Wellington region, as well as from Auckland and Palmerston North.” Talking about the future of Wellington Diwali, he added, “We want this event to get more creative as we go along. Maybe next year, we will have more arts, crafts, rangolis, exhibitions, and more programmes for children such as puppetry.”

-TIN Bureau