ANLO Collective

08/09/2026

Planning is underway for this years xmas parade.. 😍🎄

The Gisborne Pipe Band lead the way for the return of the Christmas Parade last year - and yes, we’ve invited them back for 2026 😍

04/08/2026

With one ticked off already, there’s two more ANLO events to go for August. 🌟 Dinner by the River has had a break due to council restrictions and is finally back on the grass for this month - exciting, I’m hungry, let’s hope for good weather between now and then - and The Indoor Market is a relatively new acquisition of mine in a trial phase at the moment. 🙌 Be sure to check it out if you’re into shopping for handmade products but don’t like venturing out in the cold ❄️ P.S planning has started for this years Christmas Parade and community Christmas Event too.. more on that later 😉

23/12/2025

🌻 Before I (try to) sign off for a day or two.. a quick couple of notes.
• We did it, we bought back the Christmas Parade 🎄❤️ so grateful for everyone's support during my crazy busy mind frame in getting that and the community event off the ground and done - isn't it amazing what can be achieved with the support of our lil community? It's a Gizzy Christmas is all done for 2025, thank you thank you thank you 🫶
• I wish I could say I get a 'break' over this time of year (I'll be honest, I need one!) but it is an event creator/managers busiest time - summer! ☀️
• Cruise Ship markets have started up again, Gizzy Monthly Market is back tomorrow evening for the first ever twilight market and then again on January 3rd for the normal timeframe.
• Dinner by the River is pencilled in for it's 12th event on January 17th.. the list goes on.
🫶 For anyone reading this, thank you for your support these last few months. Whilst ANLO Collective has been running under all it's separate names for seven years now, it was nice to find the right name to fit as an umbrella for them all this year, and have people recognise and support that.
Enjoy Christmas if you celebrate it, be safe over the New Year celebrations too🎄✨️

- Natasha

04/12/2025

ANLO events are taking over this weekend.. Saturday has the largest Gizzy Monthly Market of the year 🥳 and Sunday is all about Christmas 🎄 with the return of the Christmas Parade at 4pm and then a large scale community Christmas event across Marina & Kelvin Parks from 5-8pm. All are FREE to attend ✨️

30/11/2025

Going full Christmassy this year, with a gig on Friday and a market on Saturday, and then the Christmas Parade and community Christmas event both on Sunday. Usually I'm a long nail gal - but with playing guitar on Friday they needed to be short and out of the way. This is where Gemini Gels by Alice comes in. Gave her creative freedom but one rule - Christmas. Aren't they just the bee's knees 🤩
Friday 5th: Wrights Vineyard & Winery
Saturday 6th: Gizzy Monthly Market
Sunday 7th: It's a Gizzy Christmas

11/11/2025

☀️ The Summer season is getting more and more busy - two upcoming Gizzy Monthly Market's for December 🎪, two Tairāwhiti Gisborne Cruise Ship Markets's for December 🛳, the It's a Gizzy Christmas parade and community event - both on the same day - in December 🎄, I have two gigs booked at Wrights Vineyard in December 👩‍🎤 (surprise, I'm a musician too), Dinner by the River falls on the 20th of December 🍜, and I've just taken on a role as a Social Media Manager for a local artist who is about to release her first album (more on that later). I LOVE being busy when it comes to work - it keeps me focused, motivated, and as I'm a serial procrastinator in the colder months it stops that from happening because I just don't have time to 😅 here's hoping it's a hot sunny month ☀️

10/10/2025

Neat Places came to Gisborne and found out about Dinner by the River, I'm unsure how but how awesome to get some nice words about it on their website/social media accounts - I had no idea! Just stumbled across it yesterday on instagram 😅 So proud of my event 🥰 we're up tonight at Marina Park from 4-7pm if any of you want to see what the fuss is about 🍴

04/09/2025

Hard to believe it with the beautiful sun now, but if the forecast is correct, then it'll be too wet for the Gizzy Monthly Market tomorrow. They're postponing to September 20th 🌧

22/08/2025

Save the date! While we're gathering participants for the Christmas Parade, we're also back planning this years community event 🎄 it's only August, but community events of this size need lots of planning to allow them to run smoothly. After a couple of weather related hiccups last year, we're making sure there is a Plan B for everything!

04/08/2025

If we want it to happen.. we need to make it happen. So, let's start planning now 🎄

Hey Gizzy.. want the annual Christmas Parade back? LET'S MAKE IT HAPPEN! 🎄 This one is going to need full community support for it to go ahead (and maybe even a couple of sponsors to cover the traffic management plan.. 👀) but first let's organise some floats/walking groups! The more planning time the better so hit the email button now and let's chat!