New Zealand Festival of Christmas
A proudly rural mid-winter Christmas celebration on Greytown's Victorian main street, with a Light Up Tractor Parade, snow machines, hot-air balloon glow, and crackling bonfires bringing Kiwi country Christmas charm to July.
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"Held across two days at Clareville showgrounds in the rural Wairarapa, this well-established A&P show brings together livestock, equestrian competition, home industries, and trade exhibits for the district's farming community."
Wairarapa A&P Show
"For over 30 years this walkable village-scale festival has gathered Wairarapa Pinot Noir producers and top chefs into Martinborough's lanes and vineyards for a single celebrated day marking the start of summer."
Toast Martinborough
"Since 1992, this beloved one-day festival has transformed Martinborough's compact village of cellar doors into a walkable harvest celebration pairing Pinot Noir from New Zealand's most southerly premium wine district with food from top NZ chefs."
Wairarapa Wines Harvest Festival
"Billed as New Zealand's longest-running festival, this 68th edition of the Central Otago spring celebration fills Alexandra's streets with a Friday Mardi Gras, a grand Saturday parade and party in the park, and a Sunday garden tour as the orchards burst into blossom."
Alexandra Blossom Festival
"Running since 1976 in the Waipara hills, this Easter weekend gathering of acoustic, Celtic, bluegrass, waiata and world music is one of New Zealand's longest-running folk festivals, welcoming families and musicians of all ages to workshops and concerts across four days."
Canterbury Folk Festival