The description of multiple orange objects in the sky with a flickering appearance certainly resembles the appearance of Chinese lanterns. It is probable that what these witnesses saw in New Zealand were Chinese lanterns, but it is also possible that the UFOs were something else entirely.
The report of this sighting comes just one day after the New Zealand government released 2,000 pages of documents relating to UFOs.
i have seen and photographed the same energy/ship? here in n.ireland. they are not chinnese lanterns because they always follow a flight path, and are not influenced by enviromental factors wind etc