Stall holders & Activities wanted!!
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This year's Gumboot Day will be held at the Taihape Memorial Park and the new Multi Function Centre at the Taihape Area School. People will be entertained  from 12pm till 12.00am and the major draw card to the event is the Gumboot Throwing Competition.  The Gumboot Throwing competition will be held on the recreation grounds at Memorial Park and is expected to be the major ‘hub’ of the day with people from all ages, backgrounds and abilities able to throw a gumboot and set a new record! The event will be surrounded by the typical New Zealand Kiwiana feeling with music, gumboot marches, games and Fred Dag lookalikes.   The event will bring together the Taihape central business sector, its township community and the farming region. None of these would be able to exist without each other.

 

“Here’s a thought, we are planning to decorate the Main Street with old gumboots that have been painted. Please let us have your old gumboots. Drop them off at my office (in the Town Hall). Would be great if they’ve had a quick wash or you may even wish to paint them up yourselves.???

Gumboot Day 2008 was a very successful event!
For photos, please visit our photo gallery.

Check below for activities that we have planned for this years Gumboot.

Gumboot Day 2010 Market	Gumboot Day History
2010 Stall holders rules & application form	Gumboot Day Art Compeitions
Gumboot Day 2010 - Programme	Wearable Art Fashion Show
2008 Media Releases	Gumboot Day 2008 Raffle
Home Brewing Competition	What goes where - 2010 map (coming soon)
Cake Baking/decorating Competition	Winners of the 2008 Gumboot Day competitions!
Taihape Art Exhibition 2010

The Taihape Community Development Trust will be organising this year’s event again and has assembled a committee that will guarantee that iconic Gumboot Day feeling will once again return. This year’s event will take place on Saturday 20 March 2010 and will officially start at 12pm.

Gumboot Day was first held in 1985 and its purpose was to provide a promotional activity to entice travellers to stop and see what Taihape had to offer. Over the years the event has grown into a national draw card for people from throughout New Zealand and it has even acclaimed international fame.

Gumboot Day 2008 Sponsors:

Incept Marine Take Note Tenix Gail Larssen