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Market recaps, herbs and the occasional opinion
September's Riverton Community Market
Cozy catchups, colourful stalls and toe-tapping music!
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August's Riverton Community Market
Another lovely Riverton Community Market! Despite the sideways rain and gale force winds, I was really impressed that we still pulled off an epic market.
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July's Riverton Community Market
Another beautiful market under our belts. It was a quiet one but then, it is the middle of winter and it's hard to get out of bed some mornings, let alone venture out into the cold if you absolutely don't have to!
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June's Riverton Community Market
This market we decided on a new layout, just to spice things up a bit. The area where the baking competition tables are now positioned has a space for people to chat (and even sit down) and the rest of the market is more open and flowing.
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May's Retro Community Market
What an amazing day it was on Sunday, for our market and for Riverton!! The Riverton Retro Revival event brought people from far and wide to enjoy what was a beautiful, nostalgic vibe up an down the main street of Riverton - well done Stu Guyton for having the vision for this and for making it…
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April's Riverton Community Market
Despite the cold, rainy weather, we managed to pull off a vibrant but cozy market - full of good cheer (-and happy for a window of no rain whilst the stall-holders brought in their goods to set up)!
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March's Riverton Community Market
This is the first market I wasn't able to attend but it looks like it was a good one! This write up will therefore be super quick and mainly comprise of photos and video! Huge thanks to Tracy and Jasmin who ran this one and to all the stall-holders and attendees too!
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February's Riverton Community Market
Thanks to those people who made it to the market despite the very average weather - it was lovely to see you! This month we had new stall holders from Ohai selling the most divine products including home-made beeswax candles and resin containers, and we also had hot tea, coffee and hot chocolate…
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January Riverton Community Market 2026
It was a dreary weekend outside but inside the door of Flecks Hall there was light and laughter along with the beautiful stalls which (as always) were a feast for the eyes!
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December's Riverton Community Market
What a beautiful end to the year! The sun came out for the last Riverton Community Market of 2025 bringing lots of locals and travelers through the doors. It was so nice to catch up with all of you - lots of smiles, conversations, hugs and laughter!
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November's Riverton Community Market
5556addf-7f4f-4fed-a1f9-12137df161e6.mp4This market had a bit of a festive feel to it - we were at full capacity and there was a real buzz about the place despite the weather not being the best for bringing people out of their homes (- the day had a bit of a dreary winter vibe to it) - but we kept…
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October's Riverton Community Market
It was hard to know what to expect for this market considering the wild weather we had experienced a few days before but we went ahead as planned since there was power and willing people!
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September's Riverton Community Market
Once again we were blessed with beautiful sunlight streaming in through the windows of the Riverton Community Market, highlighting all the stall holder's gorgeous items for sale at their tables.
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August's Riverton Community Market
It hailed just before set-up and went back to winter straight afterwards but we were blessed with the most beautiful sunny weather window for this market! I love it when the sun streams in through the windows of Flecks Hall on our markets - making everything even more magical.
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July's Riverton Community Market
It may have been a rainy old winter's day in Southland but we brought a bit of life and fun into our day at the market on Sunday. Two new stall-holders were welcomed, one (Bea's Bakehouse) bringing a veritable feast of home-baked goods to sell and the other (Kakapo Creations), a plethora of…
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June's Riverton Community Market
What a beautiful, cruisy market – full of vibrant colours and things being sold that I’d love to fill my house with (I’m making steady progress with this!) all to the soundtrack of animated conversations of our wonderful community – truly a lovely way to spend a Sunday!
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May's Riverton Community Market
And there goes another beautiful market full of wonderful souls - both stall-holders and market goers (and their helpers)! This market was chokka - we were full to capacity inside and making full use of our outside space too.
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April's Riverton Community Market 2025
Another absolutely beautiful market - loving the creative diversity - what a talented bunch we all are!
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March's Riverton Community Market 2025
This weekend was a big weekend for Riverton as the Riverton Heritage Harvest Festival was also on and droves of people were in town, the place buzzing with activity.
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February's Riverton Community Market 2025
Aaaaand there’s another beautiful market under our belt, just like that! We had some of our beloved regular stall-holders but also a range of new ones with the most gorgeous items for sale. You will never know what to expect at these markets as each one will be different.
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January's Riverton Community Market 2025
It was a lovely, albeit quiet, market – probably due to the Aparima School Reunion and other events around the district being held at the same time.
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December's Riverton Community Market
What a great market to celebrate the end of 2024! It's been a super fun year of these markets and they have gone from strength to strength with the baking competition being a favourite feature! We were lucky to have a warm, dry(ish) day for this one.
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November's Riverton Community Market
Another market under our belt and it was a sweet one on many fronts. For Riverton, it was a reasonable day weather-wise: no sideways rain or intense winds, and so we had a couple of stallholders outside which seemed to work well.
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October's Riverton Community Market
The October Riverton Community Market was a really special one with many feel-good moments. In fact, the only feed-bad moment came as I blew up our mixer by plugging in the wrong power lead – it seems that you cannot mix and match power leads, even when the adapters fit the right hole – lesson…
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September's Riverton Community Market
With our 7th Riverton Community Market under our belt, we are getting into the swing of things. This market was attended by yet more wonderful souls, including a photographer (Colin) from Orepuki, who has, I think you’ll agree, captured some pretty special moment from this market.
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August's Riverton Community Market
What a beautiful day we had for the August Riverton Community Market!! The sun was shining, the birds were singing – it was one of those days that brings a smile to your face just for the joy of being alive.
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July's Riverton Community Market
Even though I’m generally cream-crackered (knackered!) after a Riverton Community Market (and especially when there's an Open Mic the evening before!) there are always so many lovely things to reflect upon afterwards.One thing that really stood out was the effort the kids made with their creations…
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June's Riverton Community Market
I’m finding that each and every one of these markets has its own particular vibe, courtesy of the individuals that attend them. It’s a bit like the acoustic open mics that we’ve been running in Riverton (at Jacob’s River Bakehouse) since Christmas – different people turn up each time, each bringing…
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The May Riverton Community Market
Well, what can I say – the Riverton Community Market just seems to get better each time! We aim to provide a warm, inviting and vibrant environment for local people to sell their wares and for people venturing in the doors to check the market out and I think we have achieved that!
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The April Market
Wow - what a goodie! The stalls were vibrant, chokka with colourful displays of bread, produce, chocolates, plants, soaps, resin creations and mouth watering food.
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Easter Community Market 2024
Yesterday we had another awesome Riverton Community Market. The vibe was magical, helped by the live music performed by our delightful local buskers, the youngest of whom was 12 years old.
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Riverton Community Market blasts off!
A monthly RIVERTON COMMUNITY MARKET has just launched with our first market held last Saturday - which I will conservatively call a raging success!
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Exciting News for Riverton!
A monthly RIVERTON COMMUNITY MARKET will be starting on 24th Feb from 10 - 2pm out the back of Jacob's River Bakehouse. These market will take place on the last Saturday of the month with Flecks Hall as the wet weather venue.This is an opportunity for everyone in our community (encompassing Western…
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