Waikanae Community Market — Local services in North Island

Small community market, a reasonable variety of stalls, great atmosphere, a good hang. Support it, and it will grow. Including..... Dog treats, second hand tools, cheeses and cured meats, fresh roasted coffee beans, hats, vegetables, local honey (two separate stalls/apiarists), secondhand records (or "vinyls" as people have started to refer to them, there is no "s", the plural of vinyl is vinyl, ugh), secondhand books, bric-a-brac, pastries and breads; in particular, the gorgeous sourdough by Tironui Sourdough Bread*, kimchi, cookies and slices, printed Indian linen, bedding etc, currywürst (!!!), a couple or three other food trucks, dog jackets, the OGM people and their mushrooms and mushroom products, their fermented products, their black garlic, lego, products with health claims attached, oh dear, there's even a woman selling a table full of golliwogs. (wow, what year are we in, again?), microwave wheat bags, and buskers-including the occasional appearance of a young guy, who sings in a super enthusiastic karaoke style with a repertoire of exclusively 60s, 70s and 80s MOR hits, incongruous-weird, but good-weird, probably makes a killing on the rest home circuit if such a thing exists.

*pro tip - order it online for Market pickup, an assured supply of what...

A Community Market run entirely by unpaid volunteers where all end of year stallholder fees, surplus, go to help a deserving Kapiti Community Project or Organisation. Apart from doing good every time you shop or attend as a Stallholder, you will be rewarded with tasty tucker or an interesting item you...

Good Saturday market in Waikanae. Varieties of stall: plant, groceries, hand made stuff, second hand books, cheese and Kimchi and more. Miss Korea Kimchi is here every five or six weekly. It’s locally made kimchi. Check out there social media for their...