SATURDAY DECEMBER 16
COCA-COLA CHRISTMAS IN THE PARK
It won’t rain, dear
Screening: Three, 7pm Streaming: TVNZ+
Coverage of the annual live Christmas concert from the Auckland Domain, with breakout country music star Kaylee Bell topping the bill. Alongside her, Vince Harder, Lavina Williams, Russell Harrison and the Pacific Network Gospel Choir perform everyone’s favourite tunes, from Poi E and Slice of Heaven to Young Hearts Run Free and, that cheery Yuletide classic, Sultans of Swing.
SUNDAY DECEMBER 17
THE GREAT KIWI BAKE OFF CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
Famous friends in knead
Screening: TVNZ 1, 7pm Streaming: TVNZ+
fans are having to wait until next yearbeachwear for aprons, along with …sorry …stars Sam Bunkall and Angela Bloomfield. Also, hosts Anna Burns Francis and Chris Chang, who may soon learn the irony of presenting a news show named for a time when people are burning toast. The six are all competing on behalf of various charities. Bloomfield’s is SAFE and Savali’s is the Heart Foundation. So presumably no eggs, dairy or possibly calories for them, then.
