Fire up the hot glue gun, mix up your paint pots, and sharpen your scissors because Trees at The Meteor is back again for 2026!
If you’re planning, or already working on, a creative interpretation of the festive Christmas tree, please use this form to register your details for our tree-rific exhibition of hand-made tree-ts!
This exhibition and event is all about connection and kindness within the community at Christmas time, so remember to incorporate this idea into your wonderful and wacky creation!
Trees at The Meteor has been a traditional family Christmas outing for tens of thousands of Hamiltonians since its inception in 2007. This well-loved community arts focused event draws widely from across the city and attracts thousands of annual visitors to participate and vote, view the works created by people of Kirikiriroa, and experience social connection and fun in a joyful environment.
Trees At The Meteor delivers a ‘Compassion not Consumption’ kaupapa, as an affordable event that exhibits creative, hand-made interpretations of festive trees, focusing on connection and kindness within the community at Christmas time.
We are pleased to host this regular fixture of the Christmas calendar, as many are eager to experience the magic and fairy lights of the Trees exhibition again, marvelling at all the wonderful, wacky, and inventive ways their fellow citizens have interpreted the iconic Christmas Tree.
This year, the Trees at The Meteor exhibition will run from the 9th-18th December 2026. Opening hours are:
Wednesday 9th – Saturday 12th December, 11am-2pm
Tuesday 15th – Friday 18th December, 6:30pm-9pm
Entry is by koha!
Want to support Trees at The Meteor? We’ll soon be looking for volunteers to help! Get in touch with us by emailing [email protected] for more info