The market buzz in New Zealand is epic!! It seems the more techie society becomes, the more holistic and natural we crave!! Artisan markets are in. Farmers markets, craft markets...big, small, indoor or outdoor markets, night or day… we as a society are embracing handmade more than ever. Weekends aren't the same without a good wander around a market full of the promise of oven baked bread, chunky rich chutneys and crisp salad leaves fresh from the earth! Not to mention the intoxicating smell of coffee roasting in the early morning air! But for me it's more than that. It’s the people and the livelihoods standing behind those stalls. Good, honest, hardworking New Zealanders who spend their weeks crafting their trade by hand to support their families on the weekends. It’s raw and it's real!!
We've compiled a list of some of the most popular markets around the country, so you too can enjoy some of the very best arts, crafts, fashion and foods available. So go.....enjoy .... and support local!
Check the local links for days, times and stall holders in each area as some markets close down over winter or follow us on Insta, we feature markets every weekend.
Upper North Island
Auckland - Coatesville Market - First Sunday of every month
Auckland - Crafternoon Tea - 3rd Saturday of every month
Auckland - Oratia Farmers Market - Every Saturday
Auckland - Pokeno/Franklin Markets - Every Sunday
Auckland - Hobsonville Point Farmers Market - Saturday + Sunday
Auckland - Howick Village Farmers Market - Every Saturday
Auckland - Clevedon Farmers Market - Every Sunday
Auckland - Grey Lynn Farmers Market - Every Sunday
Auckland - La Cigale French Market - Every Saturday
Auckland - General Collective - Dates on website
Auckland - Browns Bay Market - Every Sunday
Auckland - Takapuna Market - Every Sunday
Auckland - Kumeu Market - 3rd Sunday of every month
Auckland - Kaukapakapa Village Market - Every Sunday
Auckland - Silverdale Village Market - Every Sunday
Auckland - New Lynn Artisan Market - 1st Sunday every month
Auckland - Orewa Beach Farmers Market - Every Sunday
Auckland - Otara Market - Every Saturday
Auckland - Woolfest - Annual
Cambridge - Bloom Collective Market - Every Sunday
Cambridge - Cambridge Farmers Market - Every Saturday
Hamilton - Tamahere Country Market - 3rd Saturday of every month
Hamilton - Hamilton Farmers Market - Every Sunday
Keri Keri - The Old Packhouse Market - Every Saturday/Sunday
Matakana - Matakana Village Farmers Market - Every Saturday
Mangawhai - Mangawhai Village Market - Every Saturday
Paihia - Bay of Islands Farmers Market - Every Thursday
Taupo - The Taupo Market - Every Saturday
Rotorua - Rotorua Farmers Market - Every Sunday
Tauranga - Tauranga Farmers Market - Every Saturday
Thames - Thames Market - Every Saturday
Whangarei - Whangarei Growers Market - Every Saturday
Whangarei - Ngunguru Craft Market - 4th Sunday of every month
Waipu - Waipu Market - Every Sunday
Waiheke - Waiheke Ostend Market - Every Saturday
Lower North Island
Feilding - Feilding Farmers Market - Every Friday
Feilding - The Feilding Craft Market - 11-13th October | Christmas Market
Gisborne - Gisborne Farmers Market - Every SaturdaySouth Island
Hawkes Bay - Black Barn Growers Market - Every Saturday, summer
Havelock North - Piece-Makers - Every Saturday
Hastings - Hawkes Bay Farmers Market - Every Sunday
Napier - Napier Urban Farmers Market - Every Saturday
New Plymouth - The Mill Market - Every Saturday
New Plymouth - Huatoki Plaza Market - Every Saturday
New Plymouth - Taranaki Farmers Market - Every Sunday
New Plymouth - The Seaside Market - 1st Sunday every Month
Palmerston North - Hokowhitu Farmers Market - 3rd Sunday every month
Wellington - Harbourside Market - Every Sunday
Wellington - Craft Central - dates on website
Wellington - Underground Market - Every Saturday
Whanganui - The River Traders - Every Saturday
Wairarapa - Wairarapa Farmers Market - Every Saturday
Wairarapa - Carterton Farmers Market - Every Sunday
Upper South Island
Amberley - Amberley Farmers Market - Every Saturday
Riccarton - Christchurch Farmers Market - Every Saturday
Christchurch - Opawa Farmers Market - Every Sunday
Christchurch - Midwinter Woolfeast - Annual
Christchurch - Lincoln Farmers Market - Every Saturday
Blenheim - Marlborough Farmers Market - Every Sunday
Greymouth - Greymouth Sunday Market - Every Sunday
Hokitika - Revell Street Market - Every Saturday
Kaikoura - Kaikoura Farmers Market - Every Sunday, summer
Lyttelton - Lyttelton Farmers Market - Every Saturday
Nelson - The Nelson Market - Every Saturday
Nelson - Montys Market - Every Sunday
Oxford - Oxford Farmers Market - Every Sunday
Ohoka - Ohoka Farmers Market - Every Friday
Lower South Island
Alexandra - Alexandra Friday Food & Produce Market - Every Friday
Ashburton - Ashburton Farmers Market - Every Saturday, summer
Dunedin - Otago Farmers Market - Every Saturday
Cromwell - Cromwell Farmers Market - Every Sunday
Invercargill - Southern Farmers Market - Every Sunday
Oamaru - Oamaru Farmers Market - Every Sunday
Timaru - Timaru Farmers Market - Every Saturday
Wanaka - Wanaka Artisan Market - Every Thursday
Wanaka - Wanaka Craft Market - Every Sunday
Queenstown - Creative Queenstown Arts and Crafts - Every Saturday
Queenstown - Remarkables Market - Every Saturday, summer
Which one is your favourite market? Don’t see your favourite here, let me know in the comments and I’ll happily add it.
*Thank you to the ladies of the WE Network for their contribution highlighting their favourite markets.
* Images: Hobsonville Point
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Cat
April 19, 2018
You’re missing a lot of good ones from Wellington – Knack, The Pop Up Market, Wrought Makers’ Market, the Riverbank market in LH, and the Newtown Vintage Market spring to mind.