Bringing Jesus Back to Queen Street This Christmas

Published October 19th, 2025

Ben Mai joins Bjorn and Sela on The Morning Wake Up to talk about a bold vision: placing a nativity float in the Auckland Santa Parade for the first time in decades.
With over 180,000 attending the parade each year, it’s New Zealand’s largest Christmas gathering - yet the story of Jesus has been missing. Ben shares how churches across Tāmaki Makaurau are rallying together, building a float from the ground up, and inviting the public to help raise $40,000 before 30 November.
This is about more than a float - it's a message of unity, hope, and faith in the heart of our city.
Support the float: aucklandchurchnetwork.nz
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