Each day, there are many activities for the whole family. These include a fun run, quizzes at the museum and library, with chocolate prizes. There is also a clown show, tours of the chocolate factory and the chance for children to paint in chocolate.

　　The highlight of the carnival is on Friday: the Jaffa Race down the world’s steepest street, Baldwin Street. Jaffas are round sweets made of chocolate with a hard orange candy coating. They look a bit like marbles and they roll easily down a slope. This year, Cadbury has made black and white jaffas to celebrate our team going to the Olympics. Cadbury is one of the sponsors of the New Zealand Olympics team. There are two jaffa races. It costs $1 to buy a ticket and hope that your jaffa wins. The money goes to charity – for sick kids and for a parents’ centre.

　　Vocabulary

　　carnival – festival

　　double gold medalist – he won two gold medals

　　exhibition – a show e.g. paintings on a wall

　　portrait – a picture of someone’s face

　　highlight – most exciting event

　　steep – opposite of flat; the maximum, near the top, is 1:2.86

　　marbles – small glass balls used in children’s games

　　slope – a hill

　　sponsor – many companies give money for our Olympics team which advertises the company

　　charity – an organisation which helps poor or sick people