Whanganui Chronicle
  • Whanganui Chronicle home
  • Latest news
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
  • Death notices
  • Classifieds

Subscriptions

  • Herald Premium
  • Viva Premium
  • The Listener
  • BusinessDesk

Sections

  • Latest news
  • On The Up
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
    • All Property
    • Residential property listings
  • Rural
    • All Rural
    • Dairy farming
    • Sheep & beef farming
    • Horticulture
    • Animal health
    • Rural business
    • Rural life
    • Rural technology

Locations

  • Taranaki
  • National Park
  • Whakapapa
  • Ohakune
  • Raetihi
  • Taihape
  • Marton
  • Feilding
  • Palmerston North

Media

  • Video
  • Photo galleries
  • Today's Paper - E-Editions
  • Photo sales
  • Classifieds

Weather

  • New Plymouth
  • Whanganui
  • Palmertson North
  • Levin

NZME Network

  • Advertise with NZME
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • BusinessDesk
  • Newstalk ZB
  • Sunlive
  • ZM
  • The Hits
  • Coast
  • Radio Hauraki
  • The Alternative Commentary Collective
  • Gold
  • Flava
  • iHeart Radio
  • Hokonui
  • Radio Wanaka
  • iHeartCountry New Zealand
  • Restaurant Hub
  • NZME Events

SubscribeSign In
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Home / Whanganui Chronicle

$1600 raised for St John Whanganui at retro and vintage collectors fair

Jesse King
By Jesse King
Reporter·Whanganui Chronicle·
18 Nov, 2018 03:30 AM2 mins to read

Subscribe to listen

Access to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.
Already a subscriber?  Sign in here

Listening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech.
‌
Save

    Share this article

Steve Larson has got the bug for collecting, but had to sell some of his items at the retro and vintage collectors fair to make space at home. Photo / Stuart Munro

Steve Larson has got the bug for collecting, but had to sell some of his items at the retro and vintage collectors fair to make space at home. Photo / Stuart Munro

More than 300 people visited the St John Training Room on Saturday where they purchased all sorts of old school products.

The room on Tawa St was full of china, cutlery, glassware, nicknacks, jewellery, pottery, art, antiques, collectables and more.

The occasion was the retro and vintage collectors fair, hosted by the St John Opportunity Shop in Whanganui. A total of $1600 was raised for the organisation.

One stallholder was Whanganui local Steve Larson, who said he was basically forced into getting on board with the fair.

Jenny Halligan also had a stall full of her collections for sale at the fair. Photo / Stuart Munro
Jenny Halligan also had a stall full of her collections for sale at the fair. Photo / Stuart Munro
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

"I've got too much stuff, so basically, I have to sell it," Larson said.

"It's about making room back home and I'm happy with the prices that I've got here. My wife will be relieved now that there's actually a little bit of space left in the shed."

Larson works as an IT project manager in Wellington, but collecting and selling vintage items is his hobby. He has been doing it for 20 years.

"I've just got a bug for it, I like going to garage sales and op shops," he said.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

"My mother was actually into it as well, she used to work at the DIC china department."

This is the third event of its type hosted by St John in Whanganui and Larson has been to two of them. Saturday's event was the third time he has been a stallholder.

Visitors came from New Plymouth, Lower Hutt, Gisborne and Palmerston North to see what treasures they could find. Two stallholders came from Hawera and Marton.

Larson said plenty of items for sale caught his eye, but he had to keep the right balance between what he sold and purchased.

Discover more

Scholarship winner reflects on an amazing year of art

17 Nov 09:00 PM

Limousine business stretches service area

17 Nov 07:00 PM

Space Gallery is moving to a new frontier

17 Nov 12:00 AM

Students are working with nature

14 Nov 09:09 PM

'It's silly if you're selling stuff and then buying more than you sell. I did actually buy a piece of jewellery from a lady, though.

"We do tend to trade between each other, but I'm being quite constrained with what I'm buying."

The event continued inside on Sunday from 9am until 1pm. The cost of entry was a gold coin.

Save

    Share this article

Latest from Whanganui Chronicle

Whanganui Chronicle

Kāinga Ora needs to be ‘responsive to need’, says minister

04 Jul 06:00 PM
Whanganui Chronicle

Work begins on key phase of port project

04 Jul 06:00 PM
Whanganui Chronicle

Pop star to speak on new book at Whanganui Literary Fest

04 Jul 04:57 PM

There’s more to Hawai‘i than beaches and buffets – here’s how to see it differently

sponsored
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Latest from Whanganui Chronicle

Kāinga Ora needs to be ‘responsive to need’, says minister

Kāinga Ora needs to be ‘responsive to need’, says minister

04 Jul 06:00 PM

'We want to take a very detailed specific look at what Whanganui needs' – Chris Bishop.

Work begins on key phase of port project

Work begins on key phase of port project

04 Jul 06:00 PM
Pop star to speak on new book at Whanganui Literary Fest

Pop star to speak on new book at Whanganui Literary Fest

04 Jul 04:57 PM
Premium
Gardening: Pruning deciduous fruit trees and roses

Gardening: Pruning deciduous fruit trees and roses

04 Jul 04:00 PM
From early mornings to easy living
sponsored

From early mornings to easy living

NZ Herald
  • About NZ Herald
  • Meet the journalists
  • Newsletters
  • Classifieds
  • Help & support
  • Contact us
  • House rules
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of use
  • Competition terms & conditions
  • Our use of AI
Subscriber Services
  • Whanganui Chronicle e-edition
  • Manage your print subscription
  • Manage your digital subscription
  • Subscribe to Herald Premium
  • Subscribe to the Whanganui Chronicle
  • Gift a subscription
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Subscription terms & conditions
  • Promotions and subscriber benefits
NZME Network
  • Whanganui Chronicle
  • The New Zealand Herald
  • The Northland Age
  • The Northern Advocate
  • Waikato Herald
  • Bay of Plenty Times
  • Rotorua Daily Post
  • Hawke's Bay Today
  • Viva
  • NZ Listener
  • Newstalk ZB
  • BusinessDesk
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • iHeart Radio
  • Restaurant Hub
NZME
  • NZME Events
  • About NZME
  • NZME careers
  • Advertise with NZME
  • Digital self-service advertising
  • Book your classified ad
  • Photo sales
  • © Copyright 2025 NZME Publishing Limited
TOP