The Katikati A&P Show returns to Uretara Domain in central Katikati on Sunday 31 January 2027, run by the Katikati A&P Society. The one-day agricultural and pastoral show (gates 9am-3.30pm) runs Home Industries, Equestrian, Cattle and Photography sections alongside craft, food and trade sites. The organiser's own website confirms the date and venue, overriding the directory's 7 February listing.
The Katikati A&P Show will be held on Sunday 31 January 2027 at Uretara Domain, Major Street, Katikati, according to the Katikati A&P Society's own website. It is a one-day agricultural and pastoral show, with gates open from 9am to 3.30pm. (The MICE NZ directory had carried 7 February 2027; the organiser's site states Sunday 31 January 2027, which takes precedence.)
The show is organised by the Katikati A&P Society, the long-running community association behind the event. Its website lists President Louellen Davies as the show contact ((07) 549 0067 / 027 2734835), and the society also promotes the show through its Facebook page and the local Katch Katikati events directory. A&P (Agricultural & Pastoral) shows like Katikati's are community-run events held by member societies in the tradition represented nationally by the Royal Agricultural Society of New Zealand. Katikati's is a well-established annual fixture; local reporting around its recent centenary described roughly a century of the show bringing town and country together.
The show is a general-public community day rather than a trade-only exhibition. The organiser's sections span Home Industries (with both Children's and Open classes for baking, produce, flowers and art), Equestrian, Cattle and Photography, plus sites for artisan and craft vendors, charity and voluntary groups, food vendors and trade exhibitors. That mix draws families, hobbyists, competitive exhibitors, the regional equestrian community and local primary-industry and craft stallholders.
Uretara Domain is a council recreation reserve on Major Street in central Katikati, beside the Uretara Stream, and is the show's confirmed home ground. As factual context for anyone travelling in: Katikati sits on State Highway 2 in the Western Bay of Plenty, roughly 40 minutes' drive north of Tauranga and its airport, and south of Waihī. The domain is within walking distance of the Katikati township centre and its shops and cafes. Accommodation in the immediate area is limited to township motels and a holiday park, with a larger spread of options in Tauranga and at nearby Waihī Beach; this is reported as logistical context only, not an endorsement.
For the MICE lens, the Katikati A&P Show is a marker of the Western Bay of Plenty's primary-industry calendar rather than a conference or trade-show product. It demonstrates the region's capacity to host a large single-day public gathering at a community reserve, and it sits within a Bay of Plenty events ecosystem anchored by Tauranga. For organisers scanning the region, it signals an active rural-events community and a Katikati township that handles seasonal visitor peaks, while the nearest full conference, accommodation and transport infrastructure remains in Tauranga, about 40 minutes away.
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