November 01, 2022
Hana Kōkō’s mailbox open
NZ Post is ready to receive letters for Hana Kōkō – Santa – in either te reo Māori or English.
Te Kai a te Rangitira founding member Heremia Nikora says NZ Post responded to more than 100,000 letters to Santa last year, including hundreds where Santa wrote back in te reo.
Messages can be sent online using the interactive website or by post to Santa Claus
c/- Santa’s Workshop
North Pole 0001.
The interactive website – www.nzpost.co.nz/writetosanta – allows children to send Santa an online letter– as well as having special access to Santa’s Ho Ho Homepage, where kids can read Santa’s emails, play games, listen to North Pole FM and browse Santa’s holiday snaps too.
The deadline for website requests for personalised postcards from Santa delivered in the post is Monday, 28 November.
From then, all online messages received by Santa up until 5.00pm, Thursday 22 December will receive an email response.
Email responses take 24 hours from when your online letter is sent.
If you would like your classroom to receive a postcard from Santa this year, visit the website www.nzpost.co.nz/teacherswritetosanta to request by Monday, 14 November.
The last day for posting handwritten letters to Santa to receive a reply in the mail is Friday, 2 December, however these are not personalised.