Canterbury Cricket Week ceremonies. As of 2017, there have been 166 Canterbury Cricket Weeks held. The week continued through the Second World War with cricket being held on the ground each season. The politician and journalist Bill Deedes wrote in 2000: "while the Second World War was on, I consoled myself by thinking that Canterbury Cricket Week, founded in 1842 with its tents and famous lime tree, unchanging in a changing world, was the sort of thing I was in business to preserve." Traditionally Canterbury Cricket Week has included a Ladies day with prizes being awarded for the best hat on the day.
Banyan tree in Lahaina used to shade vendors who hold events approximately 36 weekends per year. At sunset there is a riot of noise as the birds fly back into the tree to find the best branch to sleep on. There used to be a canal of water down one side of the tree and even though the canal is now a street it is thought to be a source of water for the tree roots. Aerial roots help support the tree's huge limbs. To encourage the roots to reach the ground faster there were mayonnaise jars filled with water and tied to hang