Hamilton New Zealand Temple Lights

One of  our assignments was to travel approximately 90 minutes south to Hamilton to attend the first night of the Temple Lights event.  We prepared for the 3-week event with news articles for the media inviting people to come. Over 40,000 people did visit the temple during the holiday season.

The first night we attended the VIP reception at Temple President Sid Going's home on the grounds, where he and other Church leaders hosted government leaders and representatives of other faiths.

We then spent the evening filming a video of comments from people who attended, and taking pictures for articles we made available to media throughout the event.

The pictures above were taken by Sister Champlin.