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Masterton
Whakaoriori (Māori) | |
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 Masterton district within the North Island | |
| Coordinates: 40°58′S 175°39′E / 40.97°S 175.65°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Region | Greater Wellington |
| District | Masterton District |
| Town founded | 1854 |
| NZ Parliament | Ikaroa-Rāwhiti (Māori) Wairarapa |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Gary Caffell |
| • Deputy Mayor | Bex Johnson |
| • MPs | Mike Butterick (National) Cushla Tangaere-Manuel (Labour) |
| • Territorial authority | Masterton District Council |
| Area | |
• Territorial | 2,300.21 km2 (888.12 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 22.45 km2 (8.67 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 69 m (420 ft) |
| Population (June 2024)[2] | |
• Territorial | 29,700 |
| • Density | 13/km2 (33/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 23,200 |
| • Urban density | 1,000/km2 (2,700/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+12 (NZST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+13 (NZDT) |
| Postcode | 5810 |
| Area code | 06 |
| Website | www |
Masterton (Māori: Whakaoriori)[3] is a large town in the Greater Wellington Region of New Zealand that operates as the seat of the Masterton District (a territorial authority or local-government district). It is the largest town in the Wairarapa, a region separated from Wellington by the Remutaka ranges. It stands on the Waipoua stream between the Ruamāhunga and Waingawa Rivers – 100 kilometres north-east of Wellington and 40 kilometres south of Eketāhuna.
Masterton has an urban population of 23,200, and a district population of 29,700 (June 2024).[2]
Masterton businesses includes services for surrounding farmers. Three new industrial parks are being developed[when?] in Waingawa, Solway and Upper Plain. The town functions as the headquarters of the annual Golden Shears sheep-shearing competition.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Areawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b "Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
- ^ "List of Place Names". Māori Language Commission/Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori. Archived from the original on 9 June 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2013.