13 December 2024

3:00 pm - 6:00 pm


Phone 07 872 0030

Address Victoria Square, Cambridge, New Zealand View Map

Email info@waipadc.govt.nz


Party in the Park – Welcome Home to our Olympians and Paralympians, Victoria Square, Victoria St, 3pm-6pm. Join us with a fun-filled community celebration at Victoria Square. Let’s show our hometown heroes how proud we are!

Official welcome of the 20+ Olympians and Paralympians, their coaches and support crews led by Mayor of Waipa, Susan O’Regan. Meet and greet your Waipa Champions from 4pm. Snap some selfies, grab autographs and see their medals up close.

Food trucks, Mr Whippy and Cy-Co The Cycle Coffee Company and more, family-fun activities, live music featuring DJ Ricki, live interviews with Camille Guzzwell from The Breeze. Confirmed athletes attending include cyclists Ellesse Andrews, Shanne Fulton, Rebecca Petch, Bryony Botha and Emily Sherman, rowers Brooke Francis and Phoebe Spoors, sailor Micah Wilkinson and teammate Erica Dawson and para-cyclists Anna Taylor and Devon Briggs. Bring your cheers, flags, and Waipa Home of Champions spirit. Ph 07 872 0030, info@waipadc.govt.nz, www.waipadc.govt.nz

Welcome home to our Olympians and Paralympians

Victoria Square, Cambridge, New Zealand

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Cambridge is close to some of New Zealand's major international attractions like Hobbiton, Waitomo Caves, Hamilton Gardens and Tauranga. Yet with plenty of unique local attractions, events and dining options - and a friendly, relaxed town ambience - you may not want to leave!


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Sanctuary Mountain

30 min

Hamilton Gardens

15 min

Tauranga

1 hr

Waitomo Caves

50 min

Auckland

1 hr 45 min

Raglan

1 hr

Rotorua

1 hr

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