The Equippers church, the organisers of a public Easter egg drop, have apologised after children were injured during the event – by parents desperate to get their share of the chocolate treats.
The Egg Day Out was held across three locations in Auckland on Good Friday. It was organised by the Equippers church and sponsored by Cadbury.
Equippers pastor Wilhem Schaafhausen told the Herald he had expected up to 5000 people to attend at each site, but on the day about 30,000 showed up. He said one of the problems at the event was the behaviour of many parents.
“A lot of kids were getting hurt … parents were just running in and running over the kids. I was like ‘oh my goodness’ and my volunteers were blown away by the behaviour of the parents,” he said.
The Egg Day Out was held across three locations in Auckland on Good Friday.
A thousand Easter eggs were to be dropped at each location from a helicopter for children to “hunt” and gather.
All went to plan at the city and North Shore locations but in Manukau at the Vodafone Events Centre air traffic control prevented the chopper from flying over the site and the eggs were scattered by hand.
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