Press Release – Wellington Lantern Festival A nation-wide art competition has grown from strength to strength in the last three years, tripling its numbers in 2021 to reach an impressive 157 primary schools across the country. With only one week to go, public votes will determine the winner of this artistic project. The top three students will be flown to Wellington to experience the Illuminating festival and find out who will be crowned the overall winner. The winner will receive a Discover New Zealand prize package taking them from Auckland to Christchurch via KiwiRail’s Great Journeys of New Zealand + $1000 towards their schools art fund.