LIVE DAY | Village Fête
It’s our annual Village Fête Live Day and we're celebrating 45 years since the Village opened!
Try your hand at traditional fair games and win prizes! With face painting, crafts, and competitions there will be something for everyone.
See a display of photographs and memorabilia comparing 'Then & Now' and look back at some of the highlights and personalities who have helped shape the Howick Historical Village into the unique heritage destination it is today.
Learn how to make homemade butter, attend a Victorian school lesson, or watch demonstrations of woodturning and bookbinding! Catch live performances from Morris Dancers at 11 & 12, and the bagpipe band at 1pm.
Mister Gelato will be on site and the sweet shop open, filled with treats. Enjoy a sausage sizzle or lunch at the Homestead Café.
Admission: adult $18, student/senior $14, child $10, family $46, free entry for Society members, annual pass holders & children under five. Homestead Café will be open for dine-in or to takeaway into the Village grounds.
Some Choice News!
Many New Zealand gardens aren’t seeing as many monarch butterflies fluttering around their swan plants and flower beds these days — the hungry Asian paper wasp has been taking its toll.
Thanks to people like Alan Baldick, who’s made it his mission to protect the monarch, his neighbours still get to enjoy these beautiful butterflies in their own backyards.
Thinking about planting something to invite more butterflies, bees, and birds into your garden?
Thanks for your mahi, Alan! We hope this brings a smile!
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Poll: Are Kiwis allergic to “exuberance”? 🥝
In The Post’s opinion piece on the developments set to open across Aotearoa in 2026, John Coop suggests that, as a nation, we’re “allergic to exuberance.”
We want to know: Are we really allergic to showing our excitement?
Is it time to lean into a more optimistic view of the place we call home? As big projects take shape and new opportunities emerge, perhaps it’s worth asking whether a little more confidence (and enthusiasm!) could do us some good.
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41.8% Yes
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32.1% Maybe?
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26.1% No
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