Wairarapa Activities
The Wairarapa is an over the hill weekend and holiday escape for Wellingtonians. It has a number of attractive small towns, including - North to South - Masterton, Greytown, Carterton, Featherston, and Martinborough, as well as localities such as Gladstone, Lake Ferry, Tora, Ngawi, and Palliser.
By and large the Wairarapa is centred in the Ruamahanga catchment, bounded to the east by the Rimutaka and Tararua Ranges, to the north by Mt Bruce and the Manawatu catchment, and all the east coast from the Mataikona River north of Castle Point down to Cape Palliser, and the south coast around to Mukamukaiti Stream.
- Wairarapa wiki
- Rimutaka rail trail(approve sites)
- Wairarapa Times-Age(approve sites)
- Surf(approve sites)
- Morison Bush
- Aotea Farm Cottage(approve sites) and Homestead(approve sites) (Hinekura)
- Whispering Winds(approve sites) Cottage and Homestay (Tauherenikau )
Eketahuna(approve sites)
Founded in 1872 and originally named Mellemskov, Eketāhuna is the Māori name.[1](approve sites)
- Pukaha Mt Bruce(approve sites)
- Cwmglyn Farm and Middleton Model Railway(approve sites) Pukaha
Castle Point
- Scenic Reserve(approve sites)
- Deliverance Cove track(approve sites)
- Lighthouse walk(approve sites)
- Lighthouse(approve sites) and history
- History(approve sites)
- Weather, Marine weather(approve sites)
- Holiday Park and Models(approve sites)
- Whakataki Hotel(approve sites)
Riversdale
Masterton
Wairarapa's largest town, founded in 1854, by Joseph Masters.[2](approve sites)
- Shear discovery(approve sites)
- Pointon Collection(approve sites)
- Regent 3(approve sites) Masterton
- Vintage Aviator Fighter Collection(approve sites) Hood Aerodrome(approve sites)
- Wings over Wairarapa(approve sites)
- Mawley Park(approve sites)
Carterton
Named after Charles Rooking Carter, founded as Three Mile Bush in 1857.[3](approve sites)
- Stonehenge Aotearoa(approve sites)
- Paua World(approve sites)
- Goodness of Food cafe(approve sites) gluten free
Greytown(approve sites)
Founded in 1854 as a planned inland town, and named after Sir George Grey.[4](approve sites)
- Historical Greytown(approve sites)
- Puzzlewood(approve sites)
- Bush House(approve sites)
- Greytown Hotel(approve sites)
Featherston
Originally known as Burlings, founded in 1856 and named after Isaac Featherston.[5](approve sites)
- Kahutara Canoes & Taxidermy(approve sites)
- All aboard(approve sites) Board games and more
- W+ts end(approve sites) Ritual in daily life
- Fell locomotive museum(approve sites)
Martinborough
Founded in 1881 by John Martin, with its square laid out in the shape of a Union Jack.[6](approve sites)
- Circus Cinema(approve sites) Martinborough
- Lake Ferry Hotel(approve sites)
Walks
The Wairarapa has a number of fantastic walking opportunities.
Free walks
The Department of Conservation has a page of Wairarapa tracks and walks(approve sites).
Additionally they have a downloadable brochure of Wairarapa family walks and day visits(approve sites).
The Tararua Ranges(approve sites) can be accessed from
- Kiwiwhakapapa(approve sites)
- Waingawa Road End(approve sites)
- Holdsworth(approve sites) (near Masterton)
- Waiohine Gorge(approve sites) (near Carterton)
Greater Wellington have the Rimutaka Rail Trail(approve sites).
See the Wairarapa walks
Commercial walks
- Kaiwhata Walk(approve sites)
- Tora Coastal Walk(approve sites)
- Tararua Walks(approve sites)
- Patuna Farm Chasm Walkway(approve sites)
See also
- Tararua District to the north