Christmas in Taradale
Taradale businesses are celebrating Christmas in Taradale Village on Saturday 8th December from 10am – 2pm and you are invited !!
Gloucester Street will come alive with entertainment, displays, giveaways, market stalls and loads of children’s entertainment for the day.
Come on down and enjoy some of the great activities with the family;
• FREE Parking
• FREE Face-painting
• FREE Bouncy Castle
• FREE candy floss with the team from ASB
• Balloon Animals with Lulu the Clown
• Santa will be at the Presbyterian Support East Coast Charity Store from 10am – 1pm, make sure get a photo and put your Christmas order in. Gold Coin donation.
• All our wonderful Cafés and Restaurants will be open and offering plenty of yummy treats to satisfy the celebratory mood.
• 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, Cookie Time Christmas Cookies, shop special tables and much much more.
• The Christmas Shoppe is also open in the Taradale Town Hall from 10am – 8pm.
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 competition. Thirty-six 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 decorator of the favourite tree.
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.
Share your favourite main crop potato recipe and win a copy of our mag!
Love potatoes? We will give away free copies of the May 2026 issue to readers whose potato recipes are used in our magazine. To be in the running, make sure you email your family's favourite way to enjoy potatoes: mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz, by March 1, 2026.
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