Christmas Wonderland

14th January, 2024.

We have many happy memories of the Masters Hall Christmas Wonderland displays that we have had over the years. Sadly, the closures and cancellations in the aftermath of the covid regulations meant that we have been unable to share our Christmas Wonderland over the past couple of Christmas seasons. However, we have not given up on it. In fact, the Christmas stock has increased substantially over the past two years, and we are looking at ways we can continue to share the new, even more exciting displays with our local communities. We will be looking at options and formulating plans throughout this year, and will hopefully have a solution in place by Christmas 2024. We will update you when we have any news!

Meanwhile, we wish you all a Happy New Year, and a safe and enjoyable 2024!

28 Dec, 2021: We were extremely disappointed that for the first time in five years we were unable to open the annual Masters Hall Christmas Wonderland display to the general public and community. Due to the Covid restriction levels, and uncertainty over where levels would be at the end of this year, we had to make the call in November 2021, to cancel our annual display for this year.

It was a tough decision to make, as we had been working on it behind the scenes for most of the year.

HOWEVER ….. the good news is that not only will the displays be back at the end of 2022, but they will be even bigger, and better than previous years.

We are delighted to reveal that we will have a permanent display set up, for next year, taking advantage of some unused areas at Masters Hall. Having a permanent display, means we can work on the display throughout the coming year, without interrupting the day to day business functions with the accommodation side of the business. We will also be able to make the displays more solid, and use more of the previously unseen Christmas items that have been in storage. It will not only be bigger, brighter, and bolder,but will have some fun surprises, and have a little shop onsite, selling Christmas decorations, and festive gifts.

We’re very excited about the displays that we have planned and have been building and working on over the past few months, and we will keep you updated throughout 2022, as we make more progress with the set up, and the creative plans and opportunities we have thought about and designed over the past few months become a reality. We believe the Christmas display opening in December 2022, will be our best exhibit yet!

And as an added bonus, with the display being permanently set in place we will be able to extend our opening hours, to allow the display to be open to the public, and to community groups, for a longer period of time in the lead up to Christmas 2022!

Watch this space!

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December 2019:

Despite the thunderstorms and torrential rain we had on the first two nights we were open, we had another successful Christmas Wonderland display in December 2018. We’ve had over 1,000 people come through to look at the displays over the past two Christmas seasons, which is amazing for a town the size of Pahiatua!

We are already working on new ideas and different displays for Christmas 2019, and we are trying to find a way to extend the time and days we are open, so it doesn’t clash with our accommodation bookings.

We look forward to an even bigger turnout. We hope to see you here in December 2019!

December 2018: Santa Claus is coming to town ......

It’s almost ready to go!!

The Masters Hall “CHRISTMAS WONDERLAND” will be open to the public at the following times:

Best entrance to use is the gate at the end of Regent St, which leads straight in to our back car park. If you are coming in through the main entrance off State Highway 2, just follow the driveway past all the buildings till you get to the back car park. You will see the main entrance to the Christmas Wonderland on the right hand side, by the giant Christmas tree.

We look forward to seeing you here!!

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In December 2017 we launched the inaugural Christmas Wonderland event at Masters Hall.

With over 100 decorated Christmas trees, 1000s of Christmas lights, more than a kilometre of tinsel and garlands, and dozens of themed Christmas displays Masters Hall truly looked like Santa's grotto. The largest tree is over 5 metres high!

The Christmas Wonderland was open to the local community and general public for three consecutive nights to come and experience the magic of Christmas. In addition we had over 150 residents from rest homes and retirement villages within a one hour's drive of Pahiatua, come and visit the displays and enjoy morning or afternoon tea, where they were looked after by Santa's elves.

We hope to make this an annual community event, and are already planning new displays and additional decorations for December 2018. Watch this space!