Christmas in the city 2017
Christmas is an important time for business, so each year we decorate the city to create a festive environment and run a marketing campaign promoting the city centre as the best place for gift shopping and Christmas celebrations.
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Get involved: Retailers - fill in this form to let us know if you are offering any late night shopping and what your opening hours are on Christmas Eve and Boxing Day so we can include your details in the holiday shopping hours promotion on www.heartofthecity.co.nz.
Marketing
Our marketing campaign promoting the city centre as the best location for gift shopping and Christmas celebrations launches on 20 November.
Decorations
Each year we install decorations around the central city, creating a festive environment for visitors, workers and residents to shop, celebrate and spend time in. The city’s much loved giant Santa returns courtesy of Mansons TCLM Ltd and banners, lights, doves, angels, oversized baubles and interactive presents adorn many of the city centre’s streets.
- Santa at corner of Queen and Victoria Streets
- Christmas banners on light poles on Queen and Customs Streets
- Angels on Elliott Street
- Lights and doves in Vulcan Lane and Durham Street East
- Fairy lights on canopies at corner of High Street and Vulcan Lane
- Oversized baubles in Lower Vulcan Lane and Freyberg Place
- Interactive kiwiana Resene presents in Jean Batten Place, O’Connell Street, Chancery Square, Aotea Square, Te Hā o Hine and Queens Wharf.
