Sister Cities For 40 Years: Guilin And Hastings Celebrate
Monday, 25 January 2021, 4:44 pm Chinese lanterns at Osmanthus garden. In just over five weeks Hastings and Guilin, two sister cities almost exactly 10,000 kilometres apart [9975km], will celebrate a relationship that dates back 40 years. The ever-popular Lighting of the Osmanthus Gardens (bigger and better than ever), a free show in the Hawke’s Bay Opera House celebrating the relationship, and a mini-expo in Functions on Hastings telling the story of Guilin and our Sister City journey, are in the mix – all happening between March 1 and 7. In the same week, Guilin’s Council will be hol...