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Emma Beaumont looks on as the hot air balloons take to the sky over Tauhara Park.
Hot air balloons ascend against a moody Hamilton sky on the first day of the Balloons Over Waikato festival.
Hot air balloons ascend against a moody Hamilton sky on the first day of the Balloons Over Waikato festival.
Families gathered at Tauhara Park in Rototuna to see hot air balloons inflate and lift off.
Hot air balloons ascend against a moody Hamilton sky on the first day of the Balloons Over Waikato festival.

Balloons over Waikato

Thousands of people turned out to watch the launch of this year's Ballons over Waikato.

A love for tattoos attracted thousands of people to the International Tattoo and Art Expo at the Claudelands Event Centre in Hamilton over the weekend.
A love for tattoos attracted thousands of people to the International Tattoo and Art Expo at the Claudelands Event Centre in Hamilton over the weekend.
A love for tattoos attracted thousands of people to the International Tattoo and Art Expo at the Claudelands Event Centre in Hamilton over the weekend.
A love for tattoos attracted thousands of people to the International Tattoo and Art Expo at the Claudelands Event Centre in Hamilton over the weekend.
A love for tattoos attracted thousands of people to the International Tattoo and Art Expo at the Claudelands Event Centre in Hamilton over the weekend.
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