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Celebrate Chinese New Year and the Year of the Horse at BNZ Auckland Lantern Festival 2026. This will be held at the Manukau Sports Bowl from 26 February - 01 March.

Food stallholders


We’re currently finalising our food vendor arrangements for the BNZ Auckland Lantern Festival 2026. Details on how to apply as a food stallholder will be available soon. Please check back here for updates.

Retail stallholder applications open

Trading Times:

Stalls will operate over four nights between 4:00pm and 10:30pm.*



All sales must be fulfilled by 10:30pm (no exceptions). Stallholders must not operate outside these times.



*Please note that operating hours have changed since last year.

Stall Types:

The stall categories open for BNZ Auckland Lantern Festival 2026 are:

  • Retail stall
  • Information stall (community organisations and businesses promoting services)
  • Craft artisan stalls (local crafts and handmade products)

Stalls selling locally produced products that celebrate Lantern Festival, showcase Chinese culture and are in support of the Chinese community will be favoured.

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