Raetihi Christmas Carnival

Raetihi Christmas Carnival For the community of Raetihi, it is time for our annual Christmas Carnival. This has ensured that our annual event has endured for over 80 years.

Decicated volunteers fundraise, organise, and run the entire event with the support of sponsors.

Come and support these amazing food stall holders from Orautoha Kura and Mangaeturoa School this year event.
09/12/2025

Come and support these amazing food stall holders from Orautoha Kura and Mangaeturoa School this year event.

Hey, fabulous community and whānau! Get ready to enjoy the festive atmosphere on Seddon Street, Raetihi and join us at R...
09/12/2025

Hey, fabulous community and whānau! Get ready to enjoy the festive atmosphere on Seddon Street, Raetihi and join us at Raetihi Christmas Carnival 2025 this year theme Kiwiana Christmas.
🎄We can’t wait to celebrate the festive season with you:
�📅 Saturday 13th December�
🕣 9AM – 2:00 PM
📌 Seddon Street, Raetihi.
🎉 With over 45 incredible stallholders, there’s something for everyone, perfect for your last-minute gifts or a treat for yourself!
🎅 Santa can’t wait to meet you all and there’s plenty of festive fun with:
📷Photo Competion at Angel & Louise Cafe & Coach Cafe
🎨 Face painting
�🎶 Live music�
🍴 Delicious food
🛍️ Market Stalls
🎯Spinning Genie
💯Children Games
🎄Wreaths and Christmas Tree Competion
🍬Lollies in the Jar
🏵️Float Competion
🤩Needle in the haystack

Entries forms for all competions is available at Raetihi Information Centre.

This year will continue to Judge all stallholders with following;
Best dressed stallholder
Grinch Award
Best Food
Kiwiana
Friendliest Stallholder
Most Creative
Best Value stall
Christmas Spirit
Toitū te mana
Supreme Award

We will see you this Saturday. Parade starts at 1pm.
Don’t miss out, see you all there! 🎁✨

Kia ora to all market stallholders.Here we go again, where it’s that time for us to welcome you again or maybe for the f...
19/10/2025

Kia ora to all market stallholders.

Here we go again, where it’s that time for us to welcome you again or maybe for the first time, to being a stallholder at this year's event.
The Raetihi Christmas Carnival will be held on Saturday, 13 December 2025, on Seddon Street in Raetihi.

All market stallholders (food and nonfood), please fill out the Google Form link below.
https://forms.gle/ygu1ENeuvKvzMxYD7

We are willing to support anyone with your application form. We are eager to see you all again and get to know the new stallholders.

This year's theme focuses on *Kiwiana*! Embrace your tidy Kiwi spirit and create an impressive innovation stall to wow our community and win exciting spot prizes.

At our last committee meeting, we finalised the following spot prizes for all stallholders: one of our committee members will be making 10x 3D trophies. Judging will be anonymous.

Best food
Best-dressed stallholder(s)
The most Kiwiana stall
Friendliest stallholder(s)
Most creative
Grinch award
Best signage
Best value
Christmas spirit
Supreme Award

05/06/2025

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We thank you all.
24/12/2024

We thank you all.

This year's event was successful because of our sponsors and supporters 2024. Like the saying goes, many hands make ligh...
19/12/2024

This year's event was successful because of our sponsors and supporters 2024. Like the saying goes, many hands make light work. We are so grateful and appreciate everyone's little part to make this year's event special because it was topped off with a sunny and wonderful day for our community.

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