VENUES & CATERING

The internet is a great resource for nding the best wedding venue in Wairarapa for your style of wedding. There are barns, vineyards, olive groves, and woolsheds. There are rural, rustic, and even waterfront options. Many venues can organise catering for you and some enable, or require, you to organise your own.

Masterton’s Le Grá Vineyard and Winery is a magical spot for small to medium weddings and for your special wedding day photos. Catering is possible in the form of grazing tables as well as family-style feasts with big platters delivered to the tables. Le Grá also boasts a vintage drinks caravan, serving up its own boutique wines for every palate.

Another fully catered venue just outside of Masterton is Wingate Lane, accommodating more than 100 people inside and the same again outside. Wedding photos can be taken among the grape vines or under a spreading oak. How about a bu et with three meats (roasted beef, chicken roulade, and lamb), four types of vegetables, a green salad and a cous cous salad, followed by desserts galore?

Cobblestones Museum in Greytown is a romantic venue for ceremonies and receptions, accommodating up to 60 guests. Make your vows in the historic and picturesque church, have your photos taken and reception laid out in the gardens (winter options also available). Appetisers, a bu et, or a high tea are reception options. Alternatively, your preferred caterers can make full use of the facilities. Check out Platter Platter, for example, for an extensive range of grazing tables and bespoke menus.

Tironui Farm, Martinborough, a popular and magni cent wedding venue for up to 120 guests can provide you with a range of caterers which operate from their commercial kitchen. Brackenridge Country Retreat and Spa is a stunning country-style Martinborough wedding venue which can host up to 120 people for your ceremony and reception, with catering and accommodation options too. It boasts amazing white roses in lush green gardens together with rolling hills and late sunsets to provide the perfect backdrop for photographs.

Masterton’s Lansdowne House, nestled in beautiful grounds with soaring majestic trees, rose gardens, gazebos, waterfalls and more, is a premier wedding venue. Hold your reception in the wood panelled reception rooms complete with chandeliers and leadlight windows.

The Landing at Homebush is another romantic and elegant country setting for your wedding. You can choose to have your ceremony at one of the outdoor areas such as the chapel vineyard, by the rose and ivy archway, or in the gazebo. Reception options range from a luncheon, picnic, high tea garden party or the traditional dinner and dance.

The Masterton Club is reasonably priced and an excellent venue for weddings of all sizes, and with easy access bars. Lots of extras such as room set up, tables, chairs, and white linen are all included in the price. A variety of catering options are available including canapes, bu ets, desserts, cheese platters and more.

Greytown’s White Swan Hotel hosts weddings of up to 75, tailored to your needs and overseen by the hotel proprieter herself, with personalised three course meals.

The wedding venue at Carterton’s Events Centre has options for as few as 20 or as many as 300 guests. There are indoor-outdoor options, and the wooden ooring is great for dancing. And don’t forget Lake Ferry Hotel, a wedding venue with garden bar, restaurant, and stunning view. Castlepoint Community Hall has all the facilities you need for your wedding celebrations too.

So many venue and catering options! One thing they all have in common is their desirability, so you’d better book well in advance.