Hundreds of people took yesterday afternoon off work to sip and dine along Arrowtown’s main street for the 11th annual event, coinciding with the first day of New Zealand’s Covid-19 traffic light alert system.

Unfazed by rain during the annual Arrowtown Long Lunch are, from left, Wakatipu residents Darelle Jenkins, Lisa Reid, Carleen Dalton and Micka McDonald. PHOTO: TRACEY ROXBURGH
A charity silent auction, which included alcohol, gift hampers, books and paintings, raised money for the Arrrowtown Volunteer Fire Brigade.