What's On in Tauranga / Mount Maunganui
What we've funded
2025/2026 Financial Year Events
Event Name | Event Date | Funding Granted |
|---|---|---|
2025 Zespri AIMS Games | 1 September 2025 | $10,000 |
2026 Zespri AIMS Games | 5 - 11 September 2026 | $10,000 |
27th Tauranga Multicultural Festival | 14 March 2026 | $35,000 |
3rd Tauranga Asian Food Festival - Chinese New Year | 14 February 2026 | $10,000 |
ANZ- WBOP Magic v Northern Mystics | 18 April 2026 | $10,000 |
ANZ - WBOP Magic v Southern Steel | 9 May 2026 | $10,000 |
Aramex Kiwi Walk and Run | 9 May 2025 | $7,000 |
Balloon Dog | 28 - 29 May 2026 | $5,000 |
Barkfest | 22 November 2026 | $5,000 |
Beach Run | 28 February 2026 | $5,000 |
Beethoven Unwrapped - Symphony No.4 | 24 - 26 July 2026 | $5,500 |
BOP Sikh Society Dashmesh Te Puke Kabaddi Tournament | 9 November 2025 | $8,000 |
Carols at Haiku 2025 | 13 December 2025 | $4,000 |
Central North Island Climbing | 4 - 5 October 2025 | $2,000 |
Cherry Blossom Festival | 19 September 2026 | $5,000 |
Christmas in the Park Te Puke | 13 December 2025 | $8,000 |
Community Garden Open Day | 14 March 2026 | $5,000 |
Dazzlehands | 12 April 2026 | $10,000 |
Echo Walking Festival 2026 | 20 March to 19 April 2026 | $10,000 |
Ethkick 2025 | 29 November 2025 | $3,000 |
Eves Surfbreaker | 27 December 2025 | $5,000 |
Festival of Disability Sport | 23-24 May 2026 | $25,000 |
Holi Colour Splash 2026 | 7 March 2026 | $15,000 |
HUME 5km/10km Fun Run/Walk 2026 | 7 July 2026 | $5,000 |
Katikati 150th Anniversary | 12 - 14 September 2025 | $9,000 |
Katikati A&P Show 2026 | 1 February 2026 | $7,000 |
Katikati Bike Series | 14 - 21 February 2026 | $4,000 |
Katikati Christmas | 1 - 31 December 2026 | $12,500 |
Katikati Christmas in the Park | 6 December 2025 | $10,000 |
Katikati Community Christmas Lunch | 13 December 2025 | $2,000 |
Katikati Jazz Street Festival | 28 March 2026 | $8,000 |
Kilikiti Aho Fiafia 2026 | 11 April 2026 | $2,600 |
King Queen of the Beach | 19 April 2026 | $5,000 |
MakerFest 2026 | 12 - 13 September 2026 | $7,500 |
Maketu Community Climate Change Day | 5 - 6 September 2025 | $3,000 |
Mel Young Easter Classic | 3 - 6 April 2026 | $5,000 |
Merivale Christmas Festivale | 7 December 2025 | $6,500 |
Mount Festival of Multisport | 17 January 2026 | $15,000 |
MOVE with You Waihī Beach | 3 October to 2 November 2025 | $2,500 |
National Secondary Schools Mountain Bike Championships | 4 - 9 October 2026 | $15,000 |
National Secondary School Sevens | 27 November 2025 | $35,000 |
New Zealand Open & Futures: Mount Maunganui | 7 - 8 March 2026 | $ 15,000 |
NZ Beach 5s Rugby Festival | 22 - 23 November 2025 | $10,000 |
NZ Secondary Schools Beach Volleyball Championships | 15 - 17 December 2026 | $20,000 |
Omokoroa's Big Christmas Bash | 28 November 2025 | $10,000 |
Play Week Aotearoa Events | 20 - 27 October 2025 | $1,000 |
Polar Plunge | 21 June 2026 | $4,000 |
Project Hip Hop Dance Competition | 29 June - 1 July 2026 | $45,000 |
Rockquest | 23 May & 26 June 2026 | $11,000 |
Showquest | 16 - 17 June 2026 | $14,000 |
Skatepark Art Reveal | 2 May 2026 | $15,000 |
Spark in the Park | 5 November 2026 | $10,000 |
Summer in the Park | 13 - 30 January 2026 | $1,490 |
Summer Shakespeare | 5 - 15 February 2026 | $4,000 |
Sunny Side Up Children's Film Festival | 9 July 2026 | $1,000 |
Symposium at the Point | 10 - 23 November 2026 | $10,000 |
Take a Kid Fishing | 10 January 2026 | $1,000 |
Tauranga and Western Bay Climate Action Festival | 10 - 16 November 2025 | $4,500 |
Tauranga and Western Bay Climate Action Festival | 13 - 20 September 2026 | $8,400 |
Tauranga Bengali Cultural Festival 2025 | 27 - 28 November 2025 | $1,500 |
Tauranga Christmas in the Park 2025 | 6 December 2025 | $15,000 |
Tauranga Diwali Festival 2026 | 7 November 2026 | $25,000 |
Tauranga Junior Tough Guy & Gal Challenge | 28 July 2026 | $14,000 |
Tauranga Primary Schools' Music Festival | 25 - 29 August 2025 | $10,000 |
Tauranga Primary School's Music Festival | 31 - 1 September 2026 | $15,000 |
Tauranga Sikh Parade (Nagar Kitn) | 11 January 2026 | $20,000 |
Tauranga Whai vs Auckland Tuatara | 4 July 2026 | $5,000 |
Tauranga Whai vs Wellington Saints | 10 July 2026 | $5,000 |
Tauranga Whai vs Otago Nuggets | 22 July 2026 | $5,000 |
Tauranga Whai vs Northern Kahu | 28 July 2026 | $5,000 |
TEDx Waihī Beach | 9 May 2026 | $2,600 |
Te Puke 120th A&P Lifestyle Show | 14 February 2026 | $8,000 |
Te Puke Christmas Float Parade | 6 December 2025 | $8,000 |
Te Tangi a Te Tūī | 6 - 7 August 2025 | $5,900 |
The Big Sing Waikato-Bay of Plenty Regional Festival 2026 | 11 June 2026 | $2,000 |
The Easter Easel Egg-Scapade | 4 April 2026 | $8,000 |
The EPIC Te Puke Spring Clean & Pizza Party | 14 - 18 September 2026 | $3,000 |
The Journey of Mataatua (OPUS Orchestra) | 15 - 17 May 2026 | $7,500 |
The Mount Monster | 28 - 30 November 2025 | $10,000 |
Trans Pride 2026 | 21 November 2026 | $4,000 |
Waihi Beach Christmas Festival | 20 December 2025 | $6,000 |
Waihi Beach Summer kick off | 29 November 2025 | $10,000 |
Whai v Hoiho | 29 November 2025 | $4,000 |
Whānau Mārama New Zealand International Film Festival | 27 August - 6 September 2026 | $6,000 |
YouthFest 2026 | 17 May 2026 | $15,000 |
Youth Philharmonic Concert | 27 June 2026 | $2,800 |
Tauranga City Council and Western Bay of Plenty District Council have event pages showcasing events around the Tauranga and Western Bay area.
For more details on the events the Tauranga Western Bay Community Event Fund supports, click on either image below.
View funding allocated in our previous four financial years:
Funding Partners:
Contact details:
Phone: 07 578 5094
Email: info@communityeventfund.nz