Chinese New Year celebrated in Auckland

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Chinese New Year celebrated in Auckland

STORY: Chinese New Year celebrated in Auckland DATELINE: Jan. 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:04 LOCATION: AUCKLAND, New Zealand CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of celebration of the Chinese New Year in Auckland 2. various of guests delivering speeches 3. various of visitors STORYLINE: Lion dances, firecrackers, street foods and new year delicacies, Spring Festival couplets and adornments, candies and balloons have welcomed thousands of people from across New Zealand in celebrating Chinese New Year at the 2023 Chinese New Year Festival and Market Day event in Auckland on Saturday. The annual event, one of the largest Chinese New Year celebrations in New Zealand, was organized by the Auckland Chinese Community Centre and joined by New Zealand Minister for Social Development and Employment Carmel Sepuloni, Chinese Ambassador Wang Xiaolong, opposition leader Christopher Luxon and other distinguished guests. In her keynote speech, Sepuloni said the 2023 Chinese New Year celebration marked the passage from the

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