Santa Photos

Santa’s waiting to meet you!

From Saturday 15 November, Santa will be stopping over at Sylvia Park, before he sets off on Christmas Eve to deliver his parcels across the globe.

He’ll be located outside Lush & Glassons near Mickey’s Cafe and every child that visits him this year, will receive a unique children's book developed by Kiwi Property. As a partner to the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand we have created "Holly's Helping Wings" a Christmas story about kindness and connection. Holly's Helping Wings is Book 3 in The Holly Christmas Collection.

Booking is essential: bookings available here

Walk in's accepted if space is available.

Santa’s hours of residence are:

Saturday 15 November - Friday 21 November
11am - 4pm

Saturday 22 November - Sunday 23 November
10am - 5pm

Monday 24 November - Thursday 27 November
11am - 4pm

Friday 28 November - Sunday 30 December
9:30am - 5pm

Monday 1 December - Wednesday 3 December
11am - 4pm

Thursday 4 December - Friday 5 December
9:30am - 6pm

Saturday 6 December
9am - 6pm

Sunday 7 December
10am - 6pm

Monday 8 December - Wednesday 10 December
9:30am - 6pm

Thursday 11 December - Wednesday 17 December
9:30am - 7pm

Thursday 18 December - Saturday 20 December
9:30am - 10pm

Sunday 21 December - Tuesday 23 December
9am - 10pm

Wednesday 24 December
9am - 6pm

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Holly's Helping Wings

This year, visitors to Santa will receive a unique children's book developed by Kiwi Property. As a dedicated partner to the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand, we have created "Holly's Helping Wings" - a Christmas story about kindness and connection.

This children’s book tells the story of Holly, the happiest little Kākāpō bird in Aotearoa. As Christmas approaches, Holly is full of festive cheer — but when she notices one of her friends feeling down, she decides to lend a helping wing. What follows is a heartwarming journey of kindness, creativity, and connection, as Holly and her friends discover the true meaning of giving.

"Holly's Helping Wings" has been written and developed to support emotional literacy and encourage open conversations between whānau and tamariki this Christmas.

Learning about emotions and recognising how they affect us is part of developing emotional literacy, helping children to better express their feelings – and consider those of others. As adults, when we model talking openly about our feelings, we help create a sense of safety for our tamariki to talk about their own feelings, just like Holly does.

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