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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• The New Zealand Herald
• Image: Richard Robinson

The Equippers Church sign, which also displayed a tally of six to signify the number of people the church claimed had been healed of cancer caused outrage among many people, and sparked an investigation with the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) after nine complaints were laid.

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The church removed the words from the billboard on Wednesday, replacing them with a quote from the Bible: 'Jesus heals every sickness and every disease - Matthew 4:23'.

The sign was erected last week at the Equippers Church in Tamatea. The billboard claims that Jesus heals cancer. The Church claims six of its members have been healed.

"I was disgusted, I was absolutely disgusted, and I felt quite sick," she said. "The sign shows no understanding and compassion for people who have journeyed through cancer and lost loved ones.

"To me, the billboard is saying 'join the church and you won't die of cancer', which is simply not true."

TV3 reported that here was a big response to this story. Most people were angry about the church's claim, but some people were angry with Campbell Live for doubting it.

In the original programme the church pastor promised to introduce the reporters to the parishoners who he claims have been cured of cancer at his church. On Thursday, Campbell Live reporter Kate King went to meet them.

• Watch Campbell Live's Monday programme
• Watch Campbell live's follow up programme interviewing parishioner

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• New Zealand Herald
• Campbell Live TV3
• Campbell Live TV3
• MSN News
• Image: Screenshot TV3