Festival of Lights volunteers

We are very excited to be working with Helen of the New Plymouth District Council to help expand the volunteer numbers for this year’s TSB Festival of Lights 2022/23.

Every year the Events Teams work really hard to bring together the events within our community. They could not do it as well as they do without the great support of awesome volunteers, who give of their time to maintain the friendly atmosphere of these events. It is always a fun and lively experience and those who have previously volunteered most often come back year on year.

The Festival starts mid December 2022 through to end January 2023. Shifts are 8pm11pm.

You are provided with a free festival T-shirt and there is a great wrap up party at the end of the festival. You have rostered nights on and you can select which nights of the week you prefer and also list dates you are not available. You are paired up for the night – so if you have a friend who is also volunteering and you would like to be together, then you can request that too.

We are making a call out to those who have not yet registered to help. Registrations close in early October. If you have the digital technology to register, here is the link: https://forms.gle/ Xz5iqWhTaKRnS3kc9.

This will take you directly to the sign-up form on the website.

We know that there are people who would really enjoy being part of this great event and perhaps have not seen it advertised or have not registered because they are not in the digital age and are not able to register online.

We have an alternative for you; if you phone us, we can take your details and register for you.

There are some criteria to volunteering:

Volunteers must be a minimum of 16 years of age and be prepared to work from 8pm-11pm for a minimum of six nights during the festival.

There are two volunteer roles at the 2022/23 festival – seated and mobile.

1. Seated – Festival Hub where you meet and greet the public, talk about what’s on, hand out maps and brochures, and encourage them to fill in the survey and enter the competition to win.

2. Mobile – Various locations including the Fernery – hang out at the various interactive features and engage the public, talk about the feature, artist and show them how to use it! You get a chance to spend the night at 2/3 features over the course of the night in this role.

So please, if you think you would like to help or just want to know more, contact Wendy at Volunteering New Plymouth on

(06) 7588-986, email admin@ volunteeringnewplymouth.nz, or phone or text 022 571 4228 so she can register your interest to help.

Festival of Lights January 2021.