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Masterton

Masterton is the main town in the Wairarapa region of the North Island of New Zealand. Wikivoyage

Population 21,400 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in New Zealand

Visas and entry What your passport needs for New Zealand

Getting there

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Still gathering the markets around Masterton. I'll let you know here when it's all in — or open the live guide.

Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Wairarapa Balloon Festival

    March – April

    Dozens of hot air balloons from New Zealand and the world congregate on the Masterton area for an annual 4-5 day festival held in March-April.

    Official site

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Masterton); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Somewhere to run

Getting around

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Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.