Promoting large events at The Historic Village
Kia ora, welcome to The Historic Village. We can’t wait to host and support your event here 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.
Website listings
Submit your event to What’s On Tauranga
Ensure your event is listed on What’s On Tauranga! Once submitted, your event will appear on both What’s On Tauranga and the What’s on page of The Historic Village website. You can schedule your event listing in advance by selecting a live date during submission.
Image requirements
For your listing, you’ll need:
- Image dimensions: 1500 pixels wide by 1000 pixels high
- Design: Preferably low or no text for best results
If you don’t have access to graphic design software (e.g. Photoshop) to resize your image, try free tools like Paint (see the tutorial) or Canva or Express Adobe.
Homepage banner opportunities
As your event is large, we’d love to feature it on one or both homepage carousel banners. To qualify, please upload an additional image with the following specifications:
- Dimensions: 2000 pixels wide by 600 pixels high
- Design: Preferably low or no text
Submission process
After submission, your event will be reviewed by the Tauranga City Council web team and published on both the What’s On Tauranga and The Historic Village websites.
Timings
We recommend you create your listing as soon as possible, and at least 2 – 3 months prior to your event.
Need help?
For assistance with your event listing, contact us at webpublisher@tauranga.govt.nz or reach out to your Historic Village contact.
Social media
We have large, engaged social media communities for both What’s On Tauranga and The Historic Village.
What’s On Tauranga social media platforms
The Historic Village social media
How to supply
- You can upload a social media post at the same time as when you create your event listing through What’s On Tauranga. Please note – multiple static images can be accepted through this portal, but not video.
- For an additional post or video please email through to whatsontaurangamarketing@tauranga.govt.nz or reach out to your Historic Village contact.
What to supply
Social post content needed:
- Text-free image or video. If text-free isn’t possible, then limited text for best performance.
- 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).
- Date range to post in.
Paid social media campaign
- Additionally, we will support your large event with a small paid social media campaign on The Historic Village Meta pages to help drive awareness and attendance.
- Please supply text-free image and video and preferred angle of messaging ideally at least two months prior to the event (to ensure Facebook shows your ad as much as possible, please supply the messaging at a max length of 125 characters).
Facebook event co-host
Social media stories
- You can also tag us in stories and posts by using @thehistoricvillage and we’ll reshare your content when possible.
Media
- We’re always keen to hear of story angles that you think might be well suited to be written and released by The Historic Village.
- If you are writing a story please just let us know if you’d like a Village or TCC quote included.
Content capture
- Are you capturing video or photography at your event and would you be willing to share with us to promote your event and The Historic Village? If so, please let us know.
Village map
Feel free to download a Village map for use in your event navigation.
Village map (8mb pdf)