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It is that time of year again, the annual Clevedon Christmas Parade is back for 2025.
This year, the floats will include ones from local kindergartens, St John, the fire brigade, and the New Zealand Coastguard.
Clevedon Community and Business Association event manager Maree Irwin said the funds help pay for after events for the children and families, which is on the Clevedon Village Reserve this year.
“This is where the children can visit Santa for a photo, collect a Christmas gift, have their face painted, interact with Spiderman, Princess Elsa and play on the bouncy castle.
“This year at 3.30pm, there is a pantomime with ‘Rudolph and a Fairy’, and the scouts have a sausage sizzle, which they raise funds for their local club.
“The parade connects people and families, and helps the local retailers celebrate the sense of community that we’re known for.”
Like all events taking place on open streets, road management is an ongoing issue, with Clevedon being no exception.
“Unfortunately, our biggest expense is traffic management, but we do have one very generous business that sponsors this each year. Without our sponsors, it would be a lot harder to have this annual community event,” Irwin said.
The parade starts on Clevedon’s main street (Papakura end), between the Monument and the Roundabout on the corner of North Road & Clevedon-Kawakawa Bay Road.
It will start at 2.30pm on Saturday, December 6.
