Promoting events at The Historic Village
Kia ora, welcome to The Historic Village. We can’t wait to host and support your event at Tauranga’s creative community hub.
This page provides information on some helpful, free marketing channels you can utilise to let our community know about your event.
What’s on website
All events on at The Historic Village can be listed on What's On Tauranga and the What’s on page of the Village website. You only need to submit one listing to appear on both websites. To have your event listed, please upload your event to What’s On Tauranga.
When uploading to the What's On Tauranga website, you will need to supply an image 1500 pixels wide by 1000 pixels high, less than 3MB. It is preferred that this image has limited or no text on it.
If you don’t have access to graphic design software (such as Photoshop) to resize the image, you can resize on Paint (see the tutorial) or other free tools such as canva.com or Express Adobe.
Once submitted your listing will be reviewed by the Tauranga City Council web team and then uploaded on both What's On Tauranga and The Historic Village’s websites.
We often feature large events on our homepage banner. If you would like your event to be included, please send a high-resolution image sized at 2000x600 pixels.
Social media
We have a large, friendly social media community on The Historic Village Facebook and Instagram pages. Our followers love to hear about upcoming events so please send us any interesting content for these platforms. We’d love to share any photos and videos taken at your event too.
Please note that our social media content is curated.
Social post content needed:
- Text-free image or video. If text-free isn’t possible, then limited text.
- Short copy (max 80 words approx.) with Facebook or Instagram tags included. Please write in third person (we may make tweaks to copy to ensure it is in the Village tone of voice).
- A URL to click through to find out more.
- Date range to post in.
Please send the above information through directly by email to cian.ocinnseala@tauranga.govt.nz
Facebook event co-host
You can co-host your event with The Historic Village and What's On Tauranga to extend your reach.
Social media posts and stories
You can tag us in stories and posts by using @thehistoricvillage and @whatsontauranga and we’ll reshare your content when possible.
Collaborate on posts – you can request to add The Historic Village as a collaborator on your posts. Once accepted on our end, the post will appear on both your account and The Historic Village account. Please note, you will need to do this separately on Instagram and Facebook. Please ensure the post caption is written to make sense when shared on both The Historic Village's platforms as well as your own.
You can find a list of handy articles providing instructions on how to use Facebook and Instagram below.
Social media tips
Flyers
If you have any printed flyers promoting your event, a small number can be displayed in The Historic Village management office by the main entrance. Please send or deliver these flyers directly to Cian at the Village management office.
Village map
Feel free to download a Village map for use in your event navigation.
Village map (8mb pdf)