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Nathan Donsimoni, 2, competes with dad Pascal at the Oakura Bowl Jam. It was a busy weekend of events as Taranaki made the most of the the good weather. The Oakura Skate Jam took place at the coastal town's skate park on Saturday, with about 300 people attending throughout the day to watch the 20 competitors compete. One of the youngest, two-year-old Nathan Donsimoni, of Okato, wowed the crowd with a little helping hand from his dad, Pascal. GLENN JEFFREY/Stuff Larissa Hocking, 10, and her dog Flopsy at the Bark in the Park on Saturday. Meanwhile, Bark in Park at New Plymouth's Pukekura Pa...

“We just got started,” he said. ANDY JACKSON/Stuff Ngāmotu Beach was packed with families building sandcastles on Monday. They spent an hour creating the body of the turtle, which required Harper smoothing the sand underneath with water so it didn't collapse. “We’re just going to do the detail then we're going to have a hot sausage," Aaron Scrivener said. ANDY JACKSON/Stuff Shem Scrivener, 7, and Aiden Faraj, 5, build Maunga Taranaki with a Christmas tree on top. Harper's younger brother Shem, 7, had ditched the turtle making and had joined forces with new friend five-year-old Ai...