Christmas in Taradale
Taradale businesses are celebrating Christmas in Taradale and you are invited !!
Gloucester Street and the Lee Road carpark will come alive with entertainment, displays, giveaways, market stalls and loads of FREE children’s entertainment for the day.
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Come on down and enjoy some of the great activities with the family;
• Santa will arrive in style and be escorted down Gloucester Street then be in the Lee Road carpark from 10am to 12noon - make sure get a photo and put your Christmas order in.
• FREE Parking
• FREE Face-painting
• FREE Bouncy Castle
• FREE candy floss with the team from ASB Bank Taradale
• Balloon Animals and fairy wonderfulness with Fairy Rosebud
• Giant Bubbles with Bubbles in the Bay
• All our wonderful Cafés and Restaurants will be open and offering plenty of yummy treats to satisfy the celebratory mood.
• Entertainment from the Napier Pipe Band , Sounds of Hawkes Bay Chorus and more.
• Meet the gorgeous ponies from Pony Hire Meeanee Road.
• Get some early Christmas shopping with loads of Market stalls in Gloucester Street including hand crafts, gifts, Soy Candles, jewellery, gift baskets, plants, Christmas raffles, Lions Christmas Cakes, shop special tables and much much more.
• The Christmas Shoppe is open in the Taradale Town Hall from 10am – 4pm with Santa visiting from 12noon – 1pm.
While in town make sure you take a stroll up Gloucester Street and take-a-look at the Wooden Christmas Tree Community Art Project and enter the People’s Choice award. Thirty-nine gorgeously decorated Wooden Christmas Trees will be on display giving Taradale a real festive feel, thanks to the schools, individuals and artists who decorated them. By voting for your favourite you could WIN $100 of Resene Vouchers for yourself and $200 worth of Resene Vouchers for the favourite school.
Poll: Should the government levy industries that contribute to financial hardship?
As reported in the Post, there’s a $30 million funding gap in financial mentoring. This has led to services closing and mentors stepping in unpaid just to keep helping people in need 🪙💰🪙
One proposed solution? Small levies on industries that profit from financial hardship — like banks, casinos, and similar companies.
So we want to hear what you think:
Should the government ask these industries to contribute?
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59.5% Yes, supporting people is important!
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26.2% No, individuals should take responsibility
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14.3% ... It is complicated
Brain Teaser of the Day 🧠✨ Can You Solve It? 🤔💬
Make a hearty dish. Take just half a minute. Add four parts of kestrel. Then just add one. What have you made?
(Trev from Silverdale kindly provided this head-scratcher ... thanks, Trev!)
Do you think you know the answer? Simply 'Like' this post and we'll post the answer in the comments below at 2pm on the day!
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Have you got New Zealand's best shed? Show us and win!
Once again, Resene and NZ Gardener are on the hunt for New Zealand’s best shed! Send in the photos and the stories behind your man caves, she sheds, clever upcycled spaces, potty potting sheds and colourful chicken coops. The Resene Shed of the Year 2026 winner receives $1000 Resene ColorShop voucher, a $908 large Vegepod Starter Pack and a one-year subscription to NZ Gardener. To enter, tell us in writing (no more than 500 words) why your garden shed is New Zealand’s best, and send up to five high-quality photos by email to mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz. Entries close February 23, 2026.
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