Timelapse footage of the building of Te Papa's festive Gingerbread House. Video courtesy of Te Papa.

Grease stars John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John debut the music video for their new Christmas song, I Think You Might Like It.

Santa Claus? No grown-up believes in him any more! And yet, even the adults can be seen standing reverently when visiting Santa's office in Finland.

Christmas shopping made easy with Sam Judd's top ten gift ideas that are both easy on your wallet and on the planet.

Meet Carl and Maureen Seaward of Shands Rd, Prebbleton (Canterbury); they have spent the last four years collecting over 300,000 Christmas lights and have them on display for the folks of Christchurch to enjoy. With the city having a tough time over the past couple of years, they want to 'put the christmas spirit back into everyone'.

The nativity at Rotorua Hospital chapel has its most important member back - baby Jesus.

Members of the public attend the launch of the Telecom Christmas tree at Auckland's Victoria Park. The 27-metre high Christmas tree, made out of 375,000 lights will be lit from dusk 'til dawn, until Boxing Day.

It's different, it's fun and it's only three hours away, Peter Malcouronne looks at island festivities.

Kiwi shoppers are being enticed into the famed New York department stores of Macy's, Bloomingdale's, and Saks Fifth Avenue to do their Christmas shopping.

As the Christmas shopping season swings into gear, three in five people will trail from store to store to find the cheapest price.

Thousands of eager children lined the streets of Auckland to get a glimpse of the jolly man in red. It wasn't only Santa who delighted the crowd - the New Zealand Army Band, the Christmas Train, Willie Wonka floats and a giant inflated Cat in the Hat also took part in the 78th annual Farmers' Santa Parade.

Thousands of eager children lined the streets of Auckland yesterday to get a glimpse of the jolly man in red.

With the annual Farmers Santa Parade due to make its way down Queen Street tomorrow, we take a look back at some highlights from recent years.

More than half of New Zealanders are intending to opt for convenience and do some of their Christmas shopping online this year, according to survey results.

Kaikohe could become a centre for religious tourism after lights on the town's Christmas tree appeared to show a Marian apparition - an image of the Virgin Mary and Baby Jesus - when switched on.