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Explore Masterton
Masterton in Masterton (Wellington) with it's 20,698 inhabitants is located in New Zealand about 51 mi (or 82 km) north-east of Wellington, the country's capital.
Local time in Masterton is now 05:31 PM (Wednesday). The local timezone is named Pacific / Auckland with an UTC offset of 13 hours. We know of 8 airports in the wider vicinity of Masterton, of which one is a larger airport. The closest airport in New Zealand is Hood Airport in a distance of 2 mi (or 2 km), South-West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Palmerston North, Wellington, Blenheim, Napier and Nelson. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 17°C / 62 °F
Morning Temperature | 12°C / 53 °F |
Evening Temperature | 16°C / 60 °F |
Night Temperature | 13°C / 56 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 80% |
Air Pressure | 1022 hPa |
Wind Speed | Light breeze with 3 km/h (2 mph) from South |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
General Conditions | Light rain |
Thursday, 7th of November 2024
23°C (73 °F)
10°C (49 °F)
Broken clouds, gentle breeze.
Friday, 8th of November 2024
20°C (68 °F)
12°C (54 °F)
Sky is clear, moderate breeze, clear sky.
Saturday, 9th of November 2024
20°C (68 °F)
16°C (60 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Gateway Motor Inn Boutique Hotel
COPTHORNE RESORT SOLWAY PARK-MASTERTON
ASURE MASTERTON MOTOR LODGE
Videos from this area
These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.
Masterton Motorplex Drag Racing
Just a mash up of runs in LOW D from the weekend in no particular order.
'Leaving For The Front' WW1 Re-enactment, 13-Aug-14, Masterton, New Zealand
(part 7 of 9) To commemorate 100 years since the first Wairarapa contingent left for World War 1, local people re-enact their departure, marching from Masterton Town Hall to Masterton Railway Station.
A4 Skyhawks doing their thing at Masterton Airshow in 2001
This is shot on VHS tape so the quality isn't that good but the flying makes up for it, I hope!
'Leaving For The Front' WW1 Re-enactment, 13-Aug-14, Masterton, New Zealand
(part 5 of 9) To commemorate 100 years since the first Wairarapa contingent left for World War 1, local people re-enact their departure, marching from Masterton Town Hall to Masterton Railway Station.
Masterton Shunt - Solway snow - Featherston & South
A little overnight excursion I took myself on, a few years back.
Masterton Drag Racing 08-01-2011.mp4
Masterton Motorplex Drag Racing 08-01-2011 video by Nick Simmons from Levin.
NZAWA Annual Rally in Masterton June 2012
New Zealand Association of Women in Aviation annual rally held in Masterton 1-4 June 2012.
xr6 turbo ute beats a jaguar(madd jagg) at masterton drags
Sunday now! the second day of racing and the ute got a time of 14.4 seconds against this jaguar that had red lighted but still a sweet result.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Masterton
Masterton is a large town and local government district in the Wellington Region of New Zealand. It is the largest town in the Wairarapa, a region separated from Wellington by the Rimutaka ranges. It is 100 kilometres north-east of Wellington, 28 kilometres south of Eketahuna, on the Ruamahanga River. Masterton is a thriving community with an urban population of 20,300, and district population of 23,500 (June 2012 estimates).
Masterton Railway Station
Masterton railway station is a single-platform, urban railway station serving the town of Masterton in New Zealand's Wairarapa district. The station lies on the Wairarapa Line, and is located at the end of Perry Street. It is one hour, thirty-seven minutes journey time to Wellington. Trains for the Wairarapa Connection service terminate at this station. Masterton is one of three stations in the town of Masterton, the others being Renall Street and Solway.
Renall Street Railway Station
Renall Street railway station is an urban single-platform railway station on Renall Street in the Wairarapa town of Masterton in New Zealand’s North Island. Renall Street is one of three railway stations in Masterton, the others being Masterton and Solway. As part of the Wairarapa station upgrade programme to prepare stations for the new SW-class passenger carriages, this station was closed from 14 May 2007 until early July 2007.
Makoura College
Makoura College (spelled Makora College prior to 1990) is a state co-educational secondary school located in Masterton, New Zealand
Wairarapa College
Wairarapa College is a state coeducational secondary school located in Masterton, New Zealand. The college first opened in 1938, following the merger of Wairarapa High School with the Masterton Technical School. Serving Years 9 to 13, the college has 943 students as of November 2012, including 175 resident in the school's on-site boarding hostel, College House.
Chanel College, Masterton
Chanel College, Masterton is a Catholic secondary school situated in Masterton, New Zealand. The school is named after St Peter Chanel, who was a French Marist priest killed on the Pacific island of Futuna in 1841. The school was established in 1978. It resulted from the amalgmation of two schools, St Joseph’s College for Boys (founded in 1945) operated by the Marist Brothers and St Bride’s College for Girls which had been established in 1898 by the Brigidine Sisters.
Lansdowne, Wellington
Lansdowne is a suburb in the northern area of Masterton, New Zealand.
Queen Elizabeth Park, Masterton
Queen Elizabeth Park is a cricket ground in Masterton, Wellington, New Zealand. The first recorded match held on the ground came in 1907 when Wairarapa played the touring Marylebone Cricket Club. The ground later held its first first-class match during the 1966/67 Plunket Shield when Central Districts played Auckland. Between the 1966/67 and 2002/03 seasons, twelve first-class matches were held there, the last of which saw Central Districts play Wellington in the 2002/03 State Championship.