Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern confirmed yesterday that the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy are deemed ‘essential services’, however, due to the global pandemic at the moment, we should be prepared to not get a visit from the Easter Bunny this Sunday.
“As you can imagine at this time they’re going to be potentially quite busy at home with their own bunnies and so I say to the children of New Zealand: If the Easter Bunny doesn’t make it to your household, we have to understand it’s a bit difficult at the moment for the bunny to get everywhere,” Ardern said.
However, the Prime Minister suggested that “maybe in lieu of the bunny being able to make it to your home, you can create your own Easter hunt for all the children in your neighbourhood”.
“Maybe draw an Easter egg and pop it on your front window and help the children in your neighbourhood with their own Easter egg hunt because the Easter Bunny might not make it everywhere this year.”
She later posted a template online for kids to color in.
“You can draw your own Easter egg, or you can colour in the one that some of my clever friends helped to make,” she wrote.
“All you have to do is colour it in or decorate it, and pop it in your window for other kids to find. I’d also love to see your designs.”
She invited pint-sized egg artists to email pictures of their work to her, or share them on social media using the #NZEggHunt.
