Masterton
Masterton is the largest town in the Wairarapa region. Enjoying a temperate climate with sunny summers, Masterton is the centre of major annual events including the International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta and the Golden Shears shearing competition.
Masterton is home to numerous attractions, activities, and classic kiwi adventures such as hot air ballooning and jet boating. Actvities and places to visit include Pukaha Mt Bruce National Wildlife Centre, Cape Palliser, nearby Castlepoint Beach, Queen Elizabeth Park and numerous award winning vineyards. Masterton is also an ideal base to explore further afield, around the beautiful Wairarapa region, and the lower North Island. more
Masterton is a great family destination. There you can find the beautiful Queen Elizabeth Park with towering English trees and fabulous Kids Own Playground. Just along the road you will also find the indoor and outdoor swimming pools and hydro-slide; The Wool Shed — the National Museum of Sheep and Shearing and Aratoi: Wairarapa Museum of Art & History. Masterton is also a great base to explore nearby Castlepoint, Wairarapa’s most spectacular beach with its 100-year-old lighthouse, giant limestone outcrop and landmark Castle Rock. The road north offers rich pickings with Pukaha Mount Bruce National Wildlife Centre, home to Manukura the first all-white kiwi chick to be hatched in captivity and the Tui Brewery in Mangatainoka.
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PUKAHA NATIONAL WILDLIFE CENTRE - Wairarapa
PUKAHA NATIONAL WILDLIFE CENTRE - Wairarapa
Mobile-friendly - New Zealand's Pukaha National Wildlife Centre is renowned for conservation breeding of our threatened wildlife, conservation education and forest restoration. Demonstrating that everyone can make a difference in restoring kiwi, kokako, kaka and other native wildlife once present in our forest and returning the dawn chorus for everyone to enjoy.
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- +64 6 375 8004
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- Mount Bruce, SH2, Masterton/Tararua, New Zealand.
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STONEHENGE AOTEAROA - Wairarapa
STONEHENGE AOTEAROA - Wairarapa
Mobile-friendly - Stonehenge Aotearoa is a unique place of science and wonder in New Zealand. It was built by members of The Phoenix Astronomical Society with the support of the Royal Society of New Zealand the purpose of Stonehenge Aotearoa is to encourage people of all ages to rediscover the knowledge of their ancestors.
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- +64 6 377 1600
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- 51 Ahiaruhe Road, Carterton District, Carterton, New Zealand
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uTours - Wellington, Kapiti Coast & Wairarapa NZ
uTours - Wellington, Kapiti Coast & Wairarapa NZ
Mobile-friendly - Be blown away by Wellington. Explore the spectacular Wellington region with a friendly local on a personalised relaxing private, or small group, day tour or shore excursion (Max 10 people). Hosted by uTours, you will enjoy informed conversation, individual attention, personal space and the opportunity to connect with the Wellington that locals love.
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- +64 4 934 8389
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- +64 21 472 972
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- Happy Valley Rd, Owhiro Bay, Wellington, New Zealand
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Jane Sinclair: Quiet Observations
Jane Sinclair MNZM, can’t help but be moved and inspired by the physical landscape of the mountains, hills, valleys, rivers, and the coastlines of her local Wairarapa and New Zealand. This geology, combined with ...
Where: Aratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History, Masterton, Wairarapa
Address: 12 Bruce St, Masterton, Wairarapa
From: 10:00am on Saturday 20th April 2024
To: 4:00pm on Sunday 16th June 2024
In Recognition
People are extraordinary. In their achievements, in the way they help others, in competition and in playfulness. In recognition of an event, for a service, or of a visit, one party will give a physical item to another to ...
Where: Aratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History, Masterton, Wairarapa
Address: 12 Bruce St, Masterton, Wairarapa
From: 10:00am on Saturday 11th May 2024
To: 4:00pm on Sunday 28th July 2024
French Film Festival- The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan
Alexandre Dumas’s thrilling and beloved classic novel The Three Musketeers has spawned multiple adaptations since its publication in 1844, but none have approached the scope and spectacle of this wildly ...
Where: The Screening Room, Masterton, Wairarapa
Address: 435 Queen St, Masterton, Wairarapa
From: 6:00pm on Thursday 30th May 2024
To: 5:15pm on Saturday 8th June 2024
French Film Festival- A Difficult Year
The wildly entertaining new comedy from irrepressible filmmaking duo Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache (The Intouchables, C'est la vie), A Difficult Year stars Pio Marmaï and Jonathan Cohen as two compulsive ...
Where: The Screening Room, Masterton, Wairarapa
Address: 435 Queen St, Masterton, Wairarapa
From: 11:00am on Thursday 30th May 2024
To: 7:45pm on Saturday 8th June 2024
Thursday Night Food Trucks
Come along to our weekly Thursday Night Food Truck market on the forecourt outside the majestic Masterton Town Hall (on SH2/Chapel Street). We have awesome street food, plenty of parking in the Perry Street carpark ...
Where: Masterton Town Hall, Masterton, Wairarapa
Address: 22 Perry Street, Masterton, Wairarapa
From: 4:30pm on Thursday 29th September 2022
To: 7:00pm on Thursday 23rd January 2025
Thank Grafia It's Friday
TGIF (Thank Grafia It's Friday) is a monthly live music event at Madison's Cafe, one of the koolest cafe/resturants in the Wairarapa. It's hosted and catered for by Dean Lawson and his friendly team. The music starts at ...
Where: Madisons Cafe and Bar, Masterton, Wairarapa
Address: 4 First St, Masterton, Wairarapa
From: 5:45pm on Friday 26th April 2024
To: 9:15pm on Friday 28th June 2024
Just B
Just B, from Taranaki, has a wide range of music from classic hits to rock from the 80’s to today that will have you tapping your feet and dancing the night away. Whatman Restaurant open from 5.30pm for dinner or ...
Where: Club Wairarapa, Masterton, Wairarapa
Address: 20 Essex Street, Masterton, Masterton, Wairarapa
From: 7:00pm on Friday 31st May 2024
To: 11:00pm on Friday 31st May 2024
French Film Festival- Toni
Toni has spent her entire life putting other people’s needs before her own. When she was 20 years old, she was pushed by her mother to join a TV singing competition, becoming a national star. Twenty years and five ...
Where: The Screening Room, Masterton, Wairarapa
Address: 435 Queen St, Masterton, Wairarapa
From: 11:00am on Friday 31st May 2024
To: 12:30pm on Friday 31st May 2024
French Film Festival- Lucky Winners
The chance of winning the lottery is one in 19 million - less likely than being struck by lightning, they say. But for the characters of Lucky Winners, this dream quickly turns into an explosive and hilarious nightmare. ...
Where: The Screening Room, Masterton, Wairarapa
Address: 435 Queen St, Masterton, Wairarapa
From: 8:00pm on Friday 31st May 2024
To: 9:45pm on Friday 31st May 2024
French Film Festival- Sidonie in Japan
Sidonie in Japan captures the connection between past and present, the end of mourning and the beginning of love, the meeting of two characters who embody France and Japan... Sidonie Perceval (Isabelle Huppert), an ...
Where: The Screening Room, Masterton, Wairarapa
Address: 435 Queen St, Masterton, Wairarapa
From: 6:00pm on Friday 31st May 2024
To: 7:30pm on Friday 31st May 2024