It was the Christmas Parade in Takaka! They shut down the one major street for the parade. Unfortunately, due to the rain, it was a very short parade, and we got there too late to see Santa. It's sort of like watching the Macy's Day Parade on Thanksgiving; If you're not watching at the right moment, he slips by quite quickly.
We visited the Golden Bay Museum, which is tiny, but has a small collection of historical items from the area, a model of the first meeting of Mr. Abel Tasman (a Dutch explorer) and native Maori (hint, it didn't go well for either party), and a great collection of local shells.
After all the hoopla in town, we went for a lovely run around Payne's Ford, a scenic reserve north of town. Molly had gone running there before, and it was a great little trail following the old tram line and river.
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