2 Dec 2022

What happened to Queen Street's creepy Santa?

From Checkpoint, 5:27 pm on 2 December 2022

Remember the Farmer's Santa of Queen Street?

For many years, the big red guy was propped up outside the Farmers department store in central Auckland every festive season.

He lives in Wanaka now - but he's not altogether the Santa you might remember.

Our Otago-Southland reporter Timothy Brown went to find him.

Related:

Auckland's Santa retires to Wanaka

Goodbye to Auckland's iconic giant Santa