Santa’s coming to town

The one-way section of Paihia’s Williams Rd will be closed from 3-7pm today to make way for Santa’s scheduled arrival from the North Pole. Parked cars will also need to be moved off the road by 3pm. The town’s famously creative Christmas parade is due to start at 5.30pm, with stop/go traffic control in place on Marsden Rd, between Williams Rd and to Bayview Rd, until about 6.30pm. Motorists can expect delays. A magician and face painter will be at Williams Rd from 4.30pm, and Santa has promised a lolly scramble and plenty of photo opportunities after the parade.