riccartonmarket

Something for Everyone

Tue, 08 Jun 2021 07:42:00 GMT

Spend Your Sunday Supporting Local!

The Riccarton Market truly has anything and everything you could ever think of. Their motto is "Something for Everyone and Everything for Someone".

If you love to find a hidden gem, you'll have a huge range of unique treasures to choose from at the Riccarton Market. The Riccarton Market is one of the largest and longest-running markets, operating for 32 years with over 200 regular weekly vendors.

The market is full of hardworking individuals passionate about their creations and products. With a range of impressive collections of keepsakes that you can't find anywhere else if you enjoy op-shopping and finding a bargain, this is the place for you. Situated out at Riccarton Racecourse, take a day out and stock your pantry with locally grown produce while supporting local growers and businesses.

The Riccarton Market has a strong focus on supporting the local community. All extra funds are donated right back to the community through the Rotary Club of Riccarton, and the owners of the market, The Riccarton Rotary Charitable Trust. To date, they have donated $2.5 million dollars back into the community. So while you do your shopping at the Riccarton Market, you are also helping to support the local community.

The Riccarton Market has a very large variety of stallholders offering foods from all around the world to be eaten at the market or taken away, live local talent on our Food Court stage, fresh flowers, produce, and bakery items. Clothing for all ages and sizes, shoes, beauty products, secondhand tools, antiques and collectables, books, a huge variety of plants galore, beautiful Pounamu, jewellery, arts and crafts, children's entertainment, and a large number of stallholders with their very own New Zealand made products.

If you want to check it out for yourself, head to Riccarton Racecourse every Sunday from 9 am to 2 pm.

Article from feverfmradio.co.nz by Laura White

Christmas Market 2020

Mon, 23 Nov 2020 06:32:02 GMT

Father Christmas will be visiting The Riccarton Market on Sunday 13th December

The Riccarton Market will have a great line up of entertainment scheduled including: Graham Wardrop, The Takumi Japanese Drummers, Kapa Haka group and the Caledonian Pipe Band.

Fresh fruit, vegetables and flowers at awesome prices. Honey, clothing, jewellery, giftware, NZ designed and made Arts and Crafts for all ages, plants, books, antiques and collectables, original artwork, bonsai trees, baking, food from all around the world to eat at the market or take away plus much, much more.

So grab your family and friends and come out to The Riccarton Market, behind the Riccarton Racecourse. The Riccarton Market is open 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Sunday and has "Something for Everyone and Everything for Someone"

Show Weekend 2020

Fri, 30 Oct 2020 06:28:09 GMT

We have a great event planned to end Show Week with

On stage we will have Graham Wardrop, the Japanese Drummers and the Kapa Haka performers of Te Roopu Haka O Te Kotahitanga. Lily Peas Blossom will be face painting and spreading her fairy dust everywhere. The Honey Bee Hobbyists Club will have an educational stand for anyone interested in taking up bee keeping and there will be much, much more.

So grab your family and friends and join us at The Riccarton Market, Riccarton Racepark, Sunday 15th November 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Something for Everyone and Everything for Someone

Shovel Guitars & Musical Tea Towels

Sun, 23 Aug 2020 05:17:20 GMT

You never know what you might find at Christchurch’s Riccarton Sunday Market.

A tea towel with an outline of Morrissey's glum face is framed by the words “To dry by your side is such a heavenly way to dry”. It is hung behind a box of collectable 45-inch records and a shovel that has been transformed into a guitar.

On a recent warm Sunday afternoon, Paul Allen adjusted the tea towels in his new Rolling Retro Mobile Market van.

Allen was involved in high-end rockabilly and retro markets around Australia, and for 30 years he and his wife, accomplished artist Jo, travelled annually to attend the Riccarton market. They moved to North Canterbury's Leithfield Beach permanently 18 months ago, and now Allen is a stallholder too.

‘’Only two people in the world make the shovel guitar,’’ Allen said . "One of them is my mate, Adam Harrison. He runs in the Blue Mountains and ships them over here. He makes cigar box ones, too.''

Obligingly, Allen plugged the shovel in and The rock ‘n roll-themed tea-towels were the last lot made under the Plum Jam label in New Zealand, he said. Behind him, one reads “Never Mind the Dishes”.

It's Allen’s first time as a stallholder at Riccarton. With an eye for rare records, toys and retro goods, he and his van will be at the Revamp Vintage Market on August 30 at the Wigram Air Force Museum, the Christchurch Art Gallery monthly Wednesday night market and, later this year, Rangiora Muscle Car Madness.

Paul Allen, of Rolling Retro Mobile Market, sells rare and collectable records, vintage toys and ''odd and different items'', including guitars made from cigar boxes and shovels.

Riccarton Rotary spokesman Craig Murphy said the Sunday market was one of the longest-running in New Zealand and had '’helped a lot of people’’.

''It's been going for 31 years,'' he said. ''It's a charity market so everything we earn goes to charity. Rotary doesn't charge entry or for parking. We have raised $3.7 million dollars over the 31 years, which goes back into the Christchurch community, from the Salvation Army to the City Mission, St John, 0800 Hungry, Hohepa House, school sports, Outward Bound, you name it.''

Riccarton Sunday Market manager Sue Rowe said the market had been on its present site behind Riccarton Racecourse for 20 years.

‘'One woman who is 80 now, she never misses a Sunday. She's an artisan selling hand cream – she's been with the market for 30 years,'' Rowe said. It attracted an average of 6000 people each Sunday in winter and ‘’more than 10,000’’ in summer. The market started as a car boot sale at Riccarton Mall when there was no Sunday trading.

Paul Allen, of Rolling Retro Mobile Market, is just one of many stallholders at the popular Riccarton Sunday Market. He sells rare and collectable records, vintage toys and ''odd and different items'' include guitars made from cigar boxes and shovels.

‘’After that it moved to Bush Inn, then Riccarton High School, then the university and then it came here,'' Murphy said.

''Some people would look at some of our stalls and think ‘junk’, yet for other people that is exactly why they come, the secondhand tools and goods. It has a far broader audience than a farmers or craft market.''

Some people had been ''confused'' and thought the market had closed because of the construction of the neighbouring Ngāi Tahu Karamū subdivision, he said.

In more than three decades, it had closed only ‘’a handful of times’’.

''Before we had only shut a couple of times because of flooding... Every Sunday we are here and, with level 2, we are still here but doing contract tracing and QR codes,'' Murphy said.

''The land sold for the subdivision ends at around the start of our food court area. We just recently signed a lease here for another 30 years.

“For many stallholders this is their livelihood. A lot of them are artisans and what they sell is made or produced here in Canterbury.''

Article from Stuff.co.nz by Vicki Anderson | 05:00, Aug 19 2020

30th Year Anniversary Celebrations

Fri, 26 Jul 2019 05:04:05 GMT

A great day was had by all on the 28th October with car displays by the Mustang Car Club and the Harley Davidson Bike Club.

Local entertainment on stage included the Te Kotahitanga Kapahaka Group, the Takumi Japanese Drumming Group and the Caledonian School Pipe Band to name a few.

The Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel had the honour of cutting the Birthday cake with Ross Binning (then Chairman of the Market Operations Committee) and Eduardo from the Rotary Club of Riccarton. As the Mayor said, the past, present and future of the market cutting the cake. Tim Mills from the Canterbury Jockey Club also spoke and acknowledged the time that The Riccarton Market has been a part of the scene at the Riccarton Racecourse.

Over the last 30 years, the Rotary Club of Riccarton has given back to the Community (both here in Christchurch and Internationally) over $3,000,000 as a direct result of surpluses raised through The Riccarton Market. Not bad for a project that started out from a few Rotarians with their secondhand goods off a trailer all those years ago!

Jaguar Car Club

Wed, 17 Oct 2018 03:51:47 GMT

Sunday 7th October saw a very impressive display from the local Jaguar Car Club along with their very own—equally impressive—St John Ambulance

Got Wood?

Fri, 21 Sep 2018 08:10:26 GMT

Noel can be found at his stall at the Riccarton Market every Sunday!

It was a utilitarian craft favoured by the ancient Egyptians and now, thanks to master crafters like Noel Graham, you can still own a piece of handcrafted, wood-turned art today for your pad.

Noel, who can be found at his stall at the Riccarton Market every Sunday selling his wooden wares and clothing, turned what was a hobby into a living after retiring from teaching. Not that he’s turned his back on teaching altogether, Noel is doing his bit to ensure this age-old craft doesn’t disappear by co-writing a Certificate in Woodturning course for Aoraki Polytechnic in 2005 (now administered by the National Association of Woodworkers) and continues to teach modules for the Christchurch and North Canterbury Woodcraft Club.

Collecting and milling the majority of the timbers in his work, Noel also enhances his wares – which range from elegant hollow vessels, finely turned ornaments and multi-axis works – with acrylic paint and patinas. And if you can’t find what you’re looking for, he’ll happily take commissions.

Henrietta's Country Creams

Tue, 11 Sep 2018 08:15:08 GMT

A regular at the Riccarton Market since it opened!

Henrietta Rutherford-Jones has some serious experience in researching and creating natural skin care products. Her Country Creams range would never stoop to include any artificial nasties (such as parabens, preservatives, boric acid, fragrances, or a host of other chemical baddies); instead they incorporate natural and botanical ingredients such as Manuka honey, jasmine, lavender, citrus, and many other plant oils. Much of Henrietta’s knowledge of these botanicals is drawn from her mother’s rich Tongan/European background and her own frequent travels to India, which she travelled to for years as a volunteer for Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta.

Working out of her dual home/workspace of a converted historic church and Sunday school hall near Waimate, she heads to the Riccarton Market every Sunday to showcase her hand, face and body creams, moisturisers, perfumes, deodorants, massage oil/creams and lip balms, each of which are animal-cruelty free, and perfect for some everyday self-pampering.

*This Article originally appeared in the May 2018 copy of CityScape

Authentic Gates

Fri, 24 Aug 2018 08:20:04 GMT

Wrought Iron products made to measure

It is our company mission to produce quality products at affordable prices for our customers, to meet and exceed our customers needs, and to deliver and install on or before the agreed date. We pride ourselves on prompt, friendly service.

All our products are made to measure, with our designs or yours. Apart from Heavy Grade Box Section around gates, for rigidity all the material is Solid Steel. All our work is Hot Dip Galvanised to achieve the highest level of corrosion resistance. Most of our products are then Powder Coated to the colour of your choice.

We offer a complete and comprehensive service - from the initial measure and quote, to the manufacture and installation.

Treasured Times

Fri, 24 Aug 2018 08:08:27 GMT

Handcrafted hats, scarves and shoulder shawls

Most Sundays at Riccarton Market you will find Sue sitting at site G12 and 13 spinning wool from Canterbury sheep. During the week, she knits her beautiful hand-spun yarn into a range of hats, scarves and shoulder shawls for sale at the stall. Sue’s handspun hats sell for $20, the scarves are $30, the merino shoulder shawls are $65.

Barbara is an embroiderer and felter and sells a range of affordable handcrafted gifts. Among the best sellers are the catnip toys ($5 each). Felted or knitted, they’re filled with real, dried catnip. They will be an instant hit with your feline friends and the toys never lose their smell.