{"id":161196,"date":"2025-11-30T13:06:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T13:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/161196\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T13:06:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T13:06:10","slug":"on-the-up-rotorua-homes-light-up-for-christmas-lights-trail-as-festive-season-starts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/161196\/","title":{"rendered":"On The Up: Rotorua homes light up for Christmas Lights Trail as festive season starts"},"content":{"rendered":"

The top three homes will be announced on December 23, and will receive prizes.<\/p>\n

Last year\u2019s trail attracted 18 entries, thousands of visitors and more than 600 public votes. <\/p>\n

The winning display was at 24 Kipling Crescent in \u014cwhata.<\/p>\n

Fergusson said the 20 homes this year was \u201ca great number\u201d, and several were returning favourites <\/p>\n

One long-time entrant standing out for Fergusson is 36 Barnard Rd in Fairy Springs, whose residents he dubbed \u201cChristmas light addicts\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"LastLast year\u2019s Eves Christmas Lights Trail third-place getter, 36 Barnard Rd in Fairy Springs. <\/p>\n

The property placed third last year and has built a reputation for raising the bar, the owner adding something new each season.<\/p>\n

Fergusson said past displays have featured a hot rod parked in the driveway and a sleigh where children could sit and take photos.<\/p>\n

The home displays were spread across the city, making the trail something families could enjoy over several nights rather than all at once if they wished, Fergusson said.<\/p>\n

Homeowners often spent weeks preparing their displays, so Fergusson hoped the community would take the time to visit and support them.<\/p>\n

On December 11, Eves is teaming up with The Hits for a \u201cfestive community takeover\u201d at the Rotorua Night Market. <\/p>\n

The Hits crew will be on-site with interactive games and giveaways. <\/p>\n

The Eves team will also have its \u201csignature\u201d activities, including a cornhole setup and a custom Instagram frame designed to encourage shareable moments. <\/p>\n

Visitors can collect the official Christmas Lights Map before heading off to explore the city\u2019s brightest homes and displays.<\/p>\n

Lights will be on each night between 7.30pm and 10.30pm for locals to enjoy their self-guided tour.<\/p>\n

Eves Christmas Lights Trail 2025 addresses<\/p>\n

Ngongotah\u0101 <\/p>\n

49 Hood St <\/p>\n

74 Hall Rd <\/p>\n

125A Ngongotah\u0101 Rd <\/p>\n

Fairy Springs <\/p>\n

36 Barnard Rd <\/p>\n

Kawaha Point <\/p>\n

100A Kawaha Point Rd<\/p>\n

Koutu <\/p>\n

16 Tudor Pl <\/p>\n

17 Tudor Pl<\/p>\n

Mangakakahi <\/p>\n

12 Perepe St <\/p>\n

Western Heights <\/p>\n

16 Russell Cres <\/p>\n

2 Turner Drive <\/p>\n

Pukehangi <\/p>\n

77 Homedale St<\/p>\n

Sunnybrook <\/p>\n

75 Pegasus Drive <\/p>\n

23 Pegasus Drive <\/p>\n

Pomare <\/p>\n

373 Malfroy Rd <\/p>\n

Hillcrest <\/p>\n

11 Bertram St <\/p>\n

Rotorua <\/p>\n

C3 Church, 1178 Pukaki St<\/p>\n

\u014cwhata <\/p>\n

17 Tennyson Drive <\/p>\n

16 Tennyson Drive <\/p>\n

10 Porikapa Rd <\/p>\n

Holdens Bay <\/p>\n

76 Robinson Ave.<\/p>\n

Annabel Reid<\/a> is a multimedia journalist for the Bay of Plenty Times and Rotorua Daily Post, based in Rotorua. Originally from Hawke\u2019s Bay, she has a Bachelor of Communications from the University of Canterbury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The top three homes will be announced on December 23, and will receive prizes. Last year\u2019s trail attracted…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161197,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3255,806,8908,18399,13849,13114,63702,75618,2082,6800,30604,6804,25140,20829,3025,111,43,139,69,90,530,1327,6926,1569,223,165,4129,810,5977,1533],"class_list":["post-161196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-address","tag-as","tag-check","tag-christmas","tag-citys","tag-crowned","tag-displays","tag-festive","tag-for","tag-homes","tag-inviting","tag-light","tag-lights","tag-locals","tag-most","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-on","tag-residents","tag-rotorua","tag-season","tag-starts","tag-the","tag-their","tag-trail","tag-up","tag-which","tag-will"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}