1 / 2Pony Party Hire
📍 Rangiora, Canterbury
Canterbury-based pony party service offering coloured and unicorn-themed ponies for children's events near Rangiora. Two families report magical experiences; two others report no-shows and weeks of unanswered contact attempts before their event.
Amazing in every way, my granddaughter and her friends had the best party! Highly recommend
🏆 Family Action Verdict
Best suited to families who secure written confirmation, keep detailed records of all contact, and build a contingency plan into the event. The ponies genuinely delight young children when the service delivers. For high-stakes celebrations with no fallback option, the documented no-show history makes this a significant risk.
ℹ️ What to Know Before You Go
💬 What Families Are Saying
4 Google reviews
Kathy Febry
a year ago
“Amazing in every way, my granddaughter and her friends had the best party! Highly recommend”
Leanne McIntyre
2 years ago
“Brilliant, easy to deal with, kids loved the coloured ponies. 100% use again next year 😊”
Jacinta Gable
3 years ago
“Do not hire this business!!!! There was terrible communication from the start of the booking process where my enquiry wasn't being answered ... come time to the event I wanted to check details and add another aspect to my party ... for almost 5 weeks before the party there was absolutely no communication after I paid my deposit and through all my attempts at contacting her (emailing, calling, messaging) ... it felt as if she shut her business ... I checked messanger daily and the day before the party she finally opens my messages ... unfortunately for her my last message was that I had booked someone else (ponies2go were absolutely incredible) due to the fact I thought she wasn't going to show up because the lack of communication ... although with her finally seeing my messages I thought I would get some sort of apology and acknowledgment and refund of my deposit but still nothing from her ... in my opinion this is an atrocious way of conducting business and the amount of stress and uncertainty she caused by not communicating with me about my girls special birthday was completely unnecessary !!!!!!!!”
Ricky & Liz Thomas
3 years ago
“Poor communication and did not show up! Really disappointed, the FB page looks cool and I spoke with them and booked a Unicorn party a month ago and she assured me it was in the diary. A week beforehand I started making contact to confirm and got nothing back. I emailed, facebooked, txt, rang and left messages. I was freaking out the day before as still had no communication and my girl had her heart set on this party and we had saved hard for it. The worry of hosting this big party and not knowing what was happening was stressful. They did not show up today I have since heard from other people who have had similar bad experiences with Pony Party Hire. Totally unimpressed”
Reviews from Google
Overview
Pony Party Hire brings coloured ponies and unicorn experiences to children's parties in the Canterbury region. Families who had successful bookings describe the ponies as a standout hit with kids. Separate reviewers report going five weeks without a response before their event date, and at least one family was left without the service on the day after confirmed bookings and repeated contact attempts across phone, text, email, and Facebook.



