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Greytown Must Do's
GREYTOWN Come to observe the restored Victorian buildings and stay for the antiques, art shops, boutiques and cafés.
PINEHAVEN ORCHARD, GREYTOWN It doesn’t get fresher than justpicked fruit and pure apple juice from fruit straight off the trees, while the fresh boysenberry and banana ice cream takes some beating.
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SCHOC CHOCOLATES With a vast array of decadent chocolates, drop in for a tasting, treat yourself to a hot chocolate and discover more than 85 different flavours. Located at Cobblestones Museum on Main Street.
COBBLESTONE MUSEUM Next door you’ll learn about early settler life through the museum’s carefully curated artefacts. Wonder amongst the heritage buildings and gardens to get a feel for life here in the 1800s.
The White Swan, Greytown © Destination Wairarapa
CARTERTON & MASTERTON
Stonehenge Aotearoa
A unique open-sky observatory inspired by Stonehenge in England. Guided tours and star safaris are popular here. 13km from Carterton.
Art Precinct
Cop an eyeful of great artwork at the rousing ConArt Gallery & Studios. Also in the complex is Aratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History and The Woolshed: National Museum of Sheep and Shearing, home of the world-famous Golden Shears.
Masterton Queen Elizabeth Park
Hours of family fun here with a playground-cum-wooden fort with a flying fox; boating on the lake; and riding a miniature train.
Festivals
Masterton hosts the shearing and wool handling championship, Golden Shears each March and the aviation event Wings Over Wairarapa every two years.
Pūkaha National Wildlife Centre
Twenty minutes north of Masterton, meet rare New Zealand wildlife in an unfenced sanctuary. Book a one-hour guided tour for deeper insight or try the ‘Ranger for a Day’ experience.
Castlepoint
Home to Castlepoint and Riversdale beaches, both good for surfing and swimming. Castlepoint also features a striking white lighthouse. An hour from Masterton.
