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The Wairarapa(approve sites) 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(approve sites), 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 Remutaka 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(approve sites)
Remutaka rail trail
Wairarapa Times-Age(approve sites)
Surf(approve sites)
Morison Bush(approve sites)

Accommodation

Aotea Farm Cottage(approve sites) and Homestead(approve sites) (Hinekura)
Whispering Winds(approve sites) Cottage and Homestay (Tauherenikau)
Martinborough Connection(approve sites)
Llandaff(approve sites) Country Residence (Masterton)

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(approve sites)
History(approve sites)
Weather(approve sites), 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)
Daysh House Garden(approve sites)
Waiohine Gorge(approve sites)

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(approve sites)

Originally known as Burlings, founded in 1856 and named after Isaac Featherston.^{[5](approve sites)}

Kahutara Canoes & Taxidermy(approve sites)
W+ts end(approve sites) Ritual in daily life
Fell locomotive museum(approve sites)

Martinborough(approve sites)

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)

Lake Ferry and Cape Palliser

Putangirua Pinnacles(approve sites)
- 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 Remutaka Rail Trail.

See the Wairarapa walks(approve sites)

Commercial walks

Kaiwhata Walk(approve sites)
Tora Coastal Walk(approve sites)
Tararua Walks(approve sites)
Patuna Farm Chasm Walkway(approve sites)
Orui Coastal Walk(approve sites)
Whareama Coastal Walk(approve sites)

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