# Christmas Events, Markets & Things to Do in Paraparaumu - **Subtitle**: Celebrate Christmas 2026 in Paraparaumu with festive markets, holiday parties, Christmas dinners, family activities, Santa experiences, Christmas lights, live shows, brunches, concerts, and seasonal events. Discover the best things to do and book your tickets online. - **Category**: Christmas - **Display Name**: Christmas events - **Type**: other ## Audience - **Followers**: 433k+ - **Recent Followers**: - **Avatar 1**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/bab011f14b1271d0dede8faaebc00e25addcada5e21fe82b0abbe2550f7b1364-rimg-w179-h179-dc77462f-gmir?v=1757709607 - **Avatar 2**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/2009efe0c574e3dc8aafa326aa5db79a7d48ae3bb59bafd8dd62c8ab54e6429f-rimg-w200-h200-gmir.jpg?v=1656541205 - **Avatar 3**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/0b430ca346d6b926a35a959999b3654b156fa712f25b30fd8233cc8adf27ae6c-rimg-w201-h200-dc90928f-gmir?v=1759151405 ## About Celebrate Christmas [YEAR] in [CITY] with festive markets, Christmas Eve parties, holiday dinners, Santa meet-and-greets, Christmas lights, concerts, carol performances, family-friendly activities, brunches, winter festivals, and seasonal attractions. Whether you're planning a cozy family outing or a festive night out, discover the best Christmas events and things to do in [CITY]. ## Christmas Events in Paraparaumu - **Event Name**: North Pole Express Kapiti: 10am - Saturday, 19 December 2026 - **Description**: Be whisked away on the North Pole Express to meet Santa, sing, and celebrate this special time of year.About this Event'Nice List' presale: 12pm, 25 June 2026 - 5pm, 1 July 2026. - **Interested Audience**: - Count: 1 - **Date**: Sat Dec 19 2026 at 10:00 am – Sat Dec 19 2026 at 11:45 am (+13:00) - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/paraparaumu/north-pole-express-kapiti-10am-saturday-19-december-2026/100001992269094492 - **Venue**: Paraparaumu Train Station - **Banner**: https://cdn-ip.allevents.in/s/rs:fill:500:250/g:sm/sh:100/aHR0cHM6Ly9jZG4tYXouYWxsZXZlbnRzLmluL2V2ZW50czEwL2Jhbm5lcnMvMjlmM2QxYWU5YTlhZTJlMzU1Y2NiYzA0N2NkZDRhNDk1ZmRkODJhNDU5M2Q0MWQ1MGI3YjVhODM5NmFlZDg3MC1yaW1nLXcxMjAwLWg2MDAtZGNiODI5MjgtZ21pci5qcGc_dj0xNzgyMzc3MTc1.avif - **Price**: NZD 0 to 95 - **Categories**: fitness, Workshops, trips-adventures - **Event Name**: North Pole Express Kapiti: 1pm - Sunday, 20 December 2026 - **Description**: Be whisked away on the North Pole Express to meet Santa, sing, and celebrate this special time of year.About this Event'Nice List' presale: 12pm, 25 June 2026 - 5pm, 1 July 2026. - **Date**: Sun Dec 20 2026 at 01:00 pm – Sun Dec 20 2026 at 02:45 pm (+13:00) - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/paraparaumu/north-pole-express-kapiti-1pm-sunday-20-december-2026/100001992275385308 - **Venue**: Paraparaumu Train Station - **Banner**: https://cdn-ip.allevents.in/s/rs:fill:500:250/g:sm/sh:100/aHR0cHM6Ly9jZG4tYXouYWxsZXZlbnRzLmluL2V2ZW50czYvYmFubmVycy81NzFlZTdiNWI4YjRmM2UzNWMyNjZkYzI3ODIzM2JkN2FjOWYxYjcyYzJmNWM3ZDRjMzY2NGQzYWUxMGI3MmNiLXJpbWctdzEyMDAtaDYwMC1kY2I3MjkyNy1nbWlyLmpwZz92PTE3ODIzNzcxODI.avif - **Price**: NZD 0 to 95 - **Categories**: fitness, Workshops, trips-adventures - **Event Name**: North Pole Express Kapiti: 5pm - Sunday, 20 December 2026 - **Description**: Be whisked away on the North Pole Express to meet Santa, sing, and celebrate this special time of year.About this Event'Nice List' presale: 12pm, 25 June 2026 - 5pm, 1 July 2026. - **Date**: Sun Dec 20 2026 at 05:00 pm – Sun Dec 20 2026 at 06:45 pm (+13:00) - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/paraparaumu/north-pole-express-kapiti-5pm-sunday-20-december-2026/100001992275572869 - **Venue**: Paraparaumu Train Station - **Banner**: https://cdn-ip.allevents.in/s/rs:fill:500:250/g:sm/sh:100/aHR0cHM6Ly9jZG4tYXouYWxsZXZlbnRzLmluL2V2ZW50czcvYmFubmVycy9hMDFkMjVhYjgzNDE3OTgzNWExMGRkZjdiOWRhYzg4NzQ0MmIyYmU5YWEzN2U4ODUwM2U0ZmVkYTM0NjZlZDdhLXJpbWctdzEyMDAtaDYwMC1kY2I3MjkyOC1nbWlyLmpwZz92PTE3ODIzNzcxNzg.avif - **Price**: NZD 0 to 95 - **Categories**: fitness, Workshops, trips-adventures - **Event Name**: Christmas on the Coast - **Description**: Get ready to share the festive cheer, Christmas on the Coast is back! Join us on Saturday 12 December, from 11am–3pm. At 11am, catch the colourful Christmas float parade as it travels from Paraparaumu College along Mazengarb Road to the reserve, then sta - **Date**: Sat Dec 12 2026 at 11:00 am – Sat Dec 12 2026 at 03:00 pm (+13:00) - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/paraparaumu/christmas-on-the-coast/200030559748847 - **Venue**: Mazengarb Reserve - **Banner**: https://cdn-ip.allevents.in/s/rs:fill:500:250/g:sm/sh:100/aHR0cHM6Ly9jZG4tYXouYWxsZXZlbnRzLmluL2V2ZW50czEwL2Jhbm5lcnMvMDhmYWQ1MTQyODM5YzVmYTFjNGFiODIwYjg2NTcwYzVkZGQ0YzFiMDdmNWM4NTdlNzYzNzA1M2FmZWRjNTE2ZS1yaW1nLXcxMjAwLWg2MzUtZGMwODQ4NzgtZ21pcj92PTE3ODY3NTY2MDY.avif - **Categories**: Festivals, food-drinks, Art, fine-arts, trips-adventures - **Event Name**: Kapiti Women's Expo 2026 - **Description**: This is an annual event on the Kapiti Coast where businesses have the opportunity to showcase their products and services to the local community. Perfect timing for Christmas shopping. For more information regarding exhibitors, please visit our website ww - **Interested Audience**: - Count: 211 - **Date**: Sun Nov 01 2026 at 10:00 am – Sun Nov 01 2026 at 03:00 pm (+13:00) - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/paraparaumu/kapiti-womens-expo-2026/200029789573236 - **Venue**: Southward Car Museum, Otaihanga Rd, Paraparaumu, New Zealand 5032 - **Banner**: https://cdn-ip.allevents.in/s/rs:fill:500:250/g:sm/sh:100/aHR0cHM6Ly9jZG4tYXouYWxsZXZlbnRzLmluL2V2ZW50czMvYmFubmVycy8wYTIxNTY5ZDU0NDRmOTI0MGM2NTQ3NDc3ZDUzMGZjM2EwYzc4Y2MxZTBjN2YwZGM2NTRjNTQ1YzljNjMxOThmLXJpbWctdzEyMDAtaDY3NS1kY2Y4ZjhmOC1nbWlyP3Y9MTc4NjQzMTQzMw.avif - **Categories**: business, exhibitions, christmas, shopping ## Trending Events in Paraparaumu - **Event Name**: Sonic Boom - A Family Concert Experience┃KĀPITI COAST - **Description**: Introducing SONIC BOOM! After SELL OUT shows in the upper North Island - we are hitting the road and heading to the Kāpiti Coast! A high-energy live concert experience delivering the ultimate family night out! SONIC BOOM brings the excitement of a real r - **Venue**: Southward Car Museum - **Banner**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/7e67c3dcedfe47b40ca134c276692eb24ce5cb2aab3b3d1b6c59625c87cec5ca-rimg-w1200-h628-dc080808-gmir?v=1786194357 - **Event Name**: Public Meeting with Christopher Luxon and Tim Costley - **Description**: FREE public meeting with Rt Hon Christopher Luxon and local MP Tim Costley. - **Venue**: Connect Church Kāpiti - **Banner**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/1c320f04a1b2d032ac4b83fcdb82755141fc0b3acc3c5c28ec3b940b4a22d2c8-rimg-w1200-h594-dc4888b8-gmir?v=1786743310 - **Event Name**: Paint and Gin Weekend Afternoon in Kāpiti Coast: The Great Wave - **Description**: 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗳𝘂𝗻 𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀’ 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲 – 𝗮 𝘃𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗺𝘂, 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱-𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗭𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘀. 𝗡𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗱 – 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝗯𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 - **Venue**: The Bond Store - **Banner**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events2/banners/6225bea57ed6e3d139d76b24d193cdcec01c56996e91d7fef0eeeb9459a79503-rimg-w1200-h922-dc080868-gmir?v=1786780179 - **Event Name**: Kāpiti Strawberry Festival 2026 - **Description**: ENTRY BY GOLD COIN You’re invited to the annual Kāpiti Strawberry Festival, the sweetest festival in Kāpiti. 🍓 The very special thing about this event is that all of its profits stay local right here at Mary Potter Hospice Kapiti - an organisation that - **Venue**: Kapiti Primary School - **Banner**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/bf1e0e6b68f87dcc36068938a90a9d801ba6f82eb939c18931caa06461328156-rimg-w851-h315-dcf8f8f8-gmir?v=1786441160 - **Event Name**: A Day in the Heart - One Day Silent Yoga and Meditation Retreat - **Description**: An invitation to press "pause" for a day, and just Be. To drop from the busy mind into the silence of the Heart. And to remember the freedom of who you are, when you're not in a role. This lovingly crafted offering is a day immersion into practice, p - **Venue**: Lotus Yoga Centre - **Banner**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events2/banners/d15eb2971b6ee1aa33609abc3b71bf2f35554811dd6975936f04aba5d0ab4697-rimg-w1200-h675-dc181808-gmir?v=1786827008 - **Event Name**: Kāpiti Chorale presents: American Art Songs - **Description**: “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.” These familiar lines from Robert Frost's poem The Road Not Taken form part of Frostiana, Randall Thompson's celebrated setting of Frost's poetry - **Venue**: St Paul’s Church, Kapiti Road, Paraparaumu, New Zealand - **Banner**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/a179f4415b536d00a0a0f85cb9523682b4be4fdbabc3831a9fdbfdab0e8cb01f-rimg-w1200-h628-dc183828-gmir?v=1786387805 - **Event Name**: Beats by Bingo with Mistress Viv! - **Description**: Join us for Beats by Bingo with Mistress Viv, a fun winter night out for the Kāpiti business community. Expect music bingo taking you through love songs, theme songs, songs about colour and guilty pleasures, along with supper, prizes, and plenty of laugh - **Venue**: Paraparaumu Rugby Club - **Banner**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/f51ee5282382974401d3f27002051b51a12f5873a0527764979b575ffe9c4952-rimg-w1200-h628-dc580848-gmir?v=1786691110 - **Event Name**: Paraparaumu Record Fair - **Description**: Nikki Lou Records bringing back our twice yearly Paraparaumu Record Fair to this great venue on Ocean Road. Always a popular event for vinyl, cd and tape lovers in the Wellington Region. 25 to 30 vendors from all over the North Island bringing their crate - **Venue**: Ocean Road Community Centre - **Banner**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/32cbe9c879847354ee2f5a5b980d3b3c51b5b236274d19d527e6ad84d413f5fc-rimg-w1200-h1572-dc282828-gmir?v=1786603013 - **Event Name**: North Pole Express Kapiti: 10am - Saturday, 19 December 2026 - **Description**: Be whisked away on the North Pole Express to meet Santa, sing, and celebrate this special time of year.About this Event'Nice List' presale: 12pm, 25 June 2026 - 5pm, 1 July 2026. - **Venue**: Paraparaumu Train Station - **Banner**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/29f3d1ae9a9ae2e355ccbc047cdd4a495fdd82a4593d41d50b7b5a8396aed870-rimg-w1200-h600-dcb82928-gmir.jpg?v=1782377175 ## Browse Christmas Events by Date - [Christmas Events Today in Paraparaumu](https://allevents.in/paraparaumu/christmas--today) - [Christmas Events This Weekend in Paraparaumu](https://allevents.in/paraparaumu/christmas--this-weekend) - [Christmas Events in August in Paraparaumu](https://allevents.in/paraparaumu/christmas--august) - [Christmas Events in September in Paraparaumu](https://allevents.in/paraparaumu/christmas--september) ## FAQs - **Q**: What are the top Christmas events in Paraparaumu? - **A:** North Pole Express Kapiti: 10am - Saturday, 19 December 2026 (Sat Dec 19 2026 at 10:00 am at Paraparaumu Train Station), North Pole Express Kapiti: 1pm - Sunday, 20 December 2026 (Sun Dec 20 2026 at 01:00 pm at Paraparaumu Train Station), North Pole Express Kapiti: 5pm - Sunday, 20 December 2026 (Sun Dec 20 2026 at 05:00 pm at Paraparaumu Train Station), Christmas on the Coast (Sat Dec 12 2026 at 11:00 am at Mazengarb Reserve), Kapiti Women's Expo 2026 (Sun Nov 01 2026 at 10:00 am at Southward Car Museum, Otaihanga Rd, Paraparaumu, New Zealand 5032). - **Q**: How can I find Christmas events in Paraparaumu? - **A:** You can discover upcoming Christmas events in Paraparaumu on AllEvents.in. Browse by date, venue, or price to find events that match your interests. - **Q**: How do I buy tickets for Christmas events in Paraparaumu? - **A:** You can buy tickets directly through AllEvents.in. Many events offer online booking with options for free, paid, and early-bird tickets. - **Q**: What are the popular venues for Christmas events in Paraparaumu? - **A:** Some popular venues hosting Christmas events in Paraparaumu include Paraparaumu Train Station, Mazengarb Reserve, Southward Car Museum, Otaihanga Rd, Paraparaumu, New Zealand 5032. - **Q**: What is the price range for Christmas events in Paraparaumu? - **A:** Prices for Christmas events in Paraparaumu range from up to NZD 95. Many events also offer free entry. - **Q**: Who are the top organizers for Christmas events in Paraparaumu? - **A:** Popular organizers hosting Christmas events in Paraparaumu include On Track Events, Kāpiti Coast District Council, Kapiti Women's Expo. - **Q**: Are there any online Christmas events available? - **A:** Yes, many Christmas events are available online. You can filter for virtual events on AllEvents.in to attend from anywhere. - **Q**: How can I get notified about new Christmas events in Paraparaumu? - **A:** Follow the Christmas category on AllEvents.in to get notified when new Christmas events are listed in Paraparaumu. ## Category Banner - **Banner Image**: https://cdn2.allevents.in/transup/94/d198cea1ed44b0a8fd3623f92d897d/Maskgroup-1.5x-7-.webp - **Mobile Banner**: https://cdn2.allevents.in/transup/da/76f1714ac6480a872527c6e06e99e5/Rectangle1795.webp ## Christmas events from nearby cities - [Christmas events in Paekakariki](https://allevents.in/paekakariki/christmas) - [Christmas events in Upper Hutt](https://allevents.in/upper-hutt/christmas) - [Christmas events in Porirua](https://allevents.in/porirua/christmas) - [Christmas events in Lower Hutt](https://allevents.in/lower-hutt/christmas) - [Christmas events in Wellington](https://allevents.in/wellington/christmas) - [Christmas events in Palmerston North](https://allevents.in/palmerston-north/christmas)