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Paihia events
There is always plenty happening in Paihia all year round. Find out what’s going on in Paihia! It is free to list an event in Paihia, please contact us to list a new event
Bay of Islands Farmers Market
The Farmers' Market is a place where you'll find quality, healthy and fresh local produce including fruit and vegetables, juices, preserves, honey, plants, seedlings, flowers, bread, meat, fish, eggs, cheese, wine, oils, teas, coffee and much more.Clean up Paihia
Be part of Paihia in its monthly clean up! First Monday of each month! Bring hat, sunscreen and gloves
Bay of Islands Country Rock Festival
The Bay of Islands Country Rock Festival features good music and friendship in the stunning setting of the Bay of Islands of New Zealand - one of the top tourist spots of the country.
More events can be found on the Destination Northland Events Calendar
Latest News
Queen Mary 2 Arrival
The biggest cruise ship ever to call into the Bay of Islands arrives on Friday 5th March, bringing 4000 passengers and crew to sample the Bay of Islands and the Far North District.
The Queen Victoria attracted 20,000 onlookers when she recently called into Napier and it’s expected that similar numbers will come to the Bay to see the Queen Mary 2, which dwarfs any other cruise ship that has entered Northland waters.
A cruise committee has been formed to plan for the mini-event which will see 870 passengers depart to various pre-booked tours and tourist attractions during the day. The remainder of the passengers and crew are expected to swarm into Paihia and Russell.
Ambassador Scheme in Paihia. Northern Advocate 9 December 2009
A volunteer ambassadors scheme is starting up in Paihia to protect tourists from crime _ and safeguard the Bay of Islands’ biggest industry.
The scheme is an extension of Paihia’s Community Patrol, in which volunteers have been keeping an eye on the town’s streets at night for the past 2 years.
Now a grant from the Ministry of Justice means the group can expand into daytime work geared at helping tourists.
Cruise Ships. Northern Advocate 8 December 2009
The summer tourist season has stepped up another notch in the Bay of Islands with the arrival of the 2000-passenger cruise ship Sun Princess.
Successful Christmas Parade 11 December 2009
The Paihia Christmas Parade organised by Business Paihia was a huge success with hundreds of happy spectators lining the streets to Santa flying in by helicopter to meet his sleigh, the theme was a Sporty Christmas and over 20 floats decked themselves out with innovative ideas, fromcricket, cheerleaders and wakas to the latest fitness craze- the Zumba!
