48-435: Kuripuni is a suburb of Masterton , a town on New Zealand's North Island . It has a sports bar, a medical centre, and a post shop . The Kuripuni Village was redeveloped during the 2010s. The Kuripuni Bookshop, which operated between 1996 and 2018, was the last of the original stores to close. Kuripuni statistical area covers 1.26 km (0.49 sq mi). It had an estimated population of 1,770 as of June 2024, with
96-608: A city by 1989 when the minimum population requirement for that status was lifted from 20,000 to 50,000. Te Oreore marae and Ngā Tau e Waru meeting house, located in Masterton, is affiliated with the iwi of Ngāti Kahungunu and its hapū of Kahukuraawhitia , Kahukuranui , Ngāti Te Hina , Tahu o Kahungunu , Tamahau and Whiunga , and with the iwi of Rangitāne , and its hapū of Hinetearorangi , Ngāi Tamahau , Ngāti Hāmua , Ngāti Taimahu , Ngāti Tangatakau , Ngāti Te Noti , Ngāti Te Raetea and Ngāti Te Whātui . In October 2020,
144-642: A free community title, Wairarapa Midweek. The Wairarapa Times-Age is the only daily newspaper based in Masterton. Formed by a merger between the Wairarapa Age and the Wairarapa Daily Times on 1 April 1938, The Wairarapa Times-Age has an audited paid circulation of 5,427. The Wairarapa Times-Age is owned by Stuff Group which bought the Wairarapa Times-Age from National Media Limited in May 2024. Piers Fuller
192-754: A population density of 1,405 people per km. Kuripuni had a population of 1,653 at the 2018 New Zealand census , an increase of 15 people (0.9%) since the 2013 census , and an increase of 72 people (4.6%) since the 2006 census . There were 651 households, comprising 789 males and 861 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.92 males per female. The median age was 45.7 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 306 people (18.5%) aged under 15 years, 252 (15.2%) aged 15 to 29, 696 (42.1%) aged 30 to 64, and 396 (24.0%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 88.0% European/ Pākehā , 18.1% Māori , 3.1% Pasifika , 3.6% Asian , and 1.8% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. The percentage of people born overseas
240-412: A population density of 13 people per km . The Masterton urban area covers 22.45 km (8.67 sq mi) and had an estimated population of 23,200 as of June 2024, with a population density of 1,033 people per km . Masterton District had a population of 27,678 in the 2023 New Zealand census , an increase of 2,121 people (8.3%) since the 2018 census , and an increase of 4,326 people (18.5%) since
288-643: A roll of 307 as of August 2024. It was founded in 1978. Masterton Masterton ( Māori : Whakaoriori ) 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
336-513: A while the grounds of Wairarapa College and St Joseph's, St Patrick's and the Convent. It became Masterton District High School in 1884 after adding classes in mathematics, Latin and French but there were insufficient secondary pupils and after 15 months it reverted to being Central. The High School status returned for 21 years in March 1902. In March 1923 the new Wairarapa High School opened taking away
384-663: Is a current editor. The Wairarapa Midweek, a weekly community paper with an audited circulation of 21,186, is distributed every Wednesday along with the TA Property. The Wairarapa Times Age building at 70 Chapel Street no longer holds the presses, and the space was used by the nascent Masterton Fab lab which has now relocated to UCOL. Fairfax NZ owned The Post is widely circulated in the Masterton district. The Wellington-based metropolitan daily newspaper has an office, Media House, at 123 Chapel Street in Masterton. The Dominion-Post has an audited paid circulation of 55,496. Masterton
432-518: Is added to neutralise the pH to protect the pipes. There is a fluoride-free drinking water tap in Manuka Reserve in Manuka Street. Typhoid epidemics broke out each year in Masterton and in 1896 Parliament approved a Borough Council loan to build a drainage and water supply system. Work on the water supply did not begin until 1899 delayed by disagreements over the appropriate sources for water. It
480-818: Is part of the Wairarapa general electorate and the Ikaroa-Rāwhiti Māori electorate. Applications for local government reorganisation from the Greater Wellington Regional Council and the Wairarapa district councils in mid-2013 led to a proposal from the Local Government Commission for a region-wide unitary authority. In June 2015, the Commission decided not to proceed with this proposal due to lack of public support. Instead, because about 40 per cent of submissions suggested alternatives to
528-716: Is serviced by one local radio station. Wairarapa's MORE FM 89.5 or 105.9 for the coastal frequency. MORE FM broadcasts locally from 6am to 10am daily from studios in Kuripuni . The station was founded by controversial Broadcaster Paul Henry, as TODAY FM 89.3 in Carterton, in 1991. Later the station was rebranded as Hitz 89FM, Wairarapa's Best Music. The MORE FM Breakfast Show has been hosted by well-known local broadcaster, Brent Gare, since 2004. The Saturday sports show at 8am has been hosted by local sports-caster Chris "Coggie" Cogdale since 1992. Television coverage reached Masterton in 1963, after
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#1732855871534576-475: Is the only intermediate school in Masterton (and the Wairarapa), bridging the gap between the state contributing primary schools and the secondary schools. Two state secondary schools serve Masterton: Wairarapa College is the largest of the two with 1050 students, serving the western side of the town, while Makoura College with 320 students serves the eastern side of town. Four state-integrated schools also serve
624-728: The 2013 census . There were 13,401 males, 14,175 females and 102 people of other genders in 10,911 dwellings. 2.7% of people identified as LGBTIQ+ . The median age was 42.7 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 5,127 people (18.5%) aged under 15 years, 4,635 (16.7%) aged 15 to 29, 11,637 (42.0%) aged 30 to 64, and 6,276 (22.7%) aged 65 or older. People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 83.7% European ( Pākehā ); 22.6% Māori ; 4.6% Pasifika ; 5.1% Asian ; 0.5% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 2.5% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English
672-739: The 2018 census , and an increase of 3,360 people (18.4%) since the 2013 census . There were 10,323 males, 11,205 females and 78 people of other genders in 8,631 dwellings. 2.9% of people identified as LGBTIQ+ . The median age was 41.3 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 4,023 people (18.6%) aged under 15 years, 3,810 (17.6%) aged 15 to 29, 8,832 (40.9%) aged 30 to 64, and 4,941 (22.9%) aged 65 or older. People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 81.0% European ( Pākehā ); 25.1% Māori ; 5.3% Pasifika ; 6.1% Asian ; 0.5% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 2.4% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English
720-479: The European Union . Efforts to decentralise industry to New Zealand's provinces gave Masterton a print works and some other industries, but the lost economic activity was not restored. From the 1970s, people and businesses left for opportunities elsewhere. In the 1980s, with government deregulation and protective tariffs lifted, more businesses closed, and the town declined further. It did not quite qualify to be
768-581: The Waipoua stream between the Ruamāhunga and Waingawa Rivers – 100 kilometres north-east of Wellington and 39.4 kilometres south of Eketāhuna . Masterton has an urban population of 23,200, and a district population of 29,700 (June 2024). Masterton businesses includes services for surrounding farmers . Three new industrial parks are being developed in Waingawa, Solway and Upper Plain. The town functions as
816-438: The 1870s, it overtook Greytown as Wairarapa's major town. It became a borough in 1877 and was reached by the railway line from Wellington in 1880. The railway became for a time the main line from Wellington to the north of New Zealand, and its arrival cemented the town's position as the Wairarapa region's main market and distribution centre. Waipoua timber mill was producing butter boxes as early as 1884. In April 1965, one of
864-446: The 1950s. The power board, then named Wairarapa Electricity, dissolved following the 1998 electricity sector reforms. The retail business was sold to Genesis Energy and the distribution lines business sold to Powerco . Today Powerco continues to operate the local distribution network in the town and surrounding district with electricity fed from Transpower 's national grid at its Masterton substation in Waingawa. Masterton Gas Company
912-814: The Government committed $ 2,179,654 from the Provincial Growth Fund to upgrade Ngāi Tumapuhia a Rangi ki Okautete , Motuwairaka , Pāpāwai , Kohunui , Hurunui o Rangi and Te Oreore marae. The projects were expected to create 19.8 full time jobs. Another local marae, Ākura Marae, is affiliated with the Ngāti Kahungunu hapū of Ngāti Te Ahuahu and Ngāti Te Hina . and with the Rangitāne hapū of Ngāti Mātangiuru and Ngāti Te Hina . Masterton District covers 2,300.21 km (888.12 sq mi) and had an estimated population of 29,700 as of June 2024, with
960-518: The Masterton borough until 1909 when Lansdowne School opened (that school closed in 2004) it was founded in 1865 as Masterton West School. The attendance fees were a shilling a week in spite of a state subsidy. In 1866 they had 11 boys and 9 girls in one room on the Upper Plain opposite the current Fernridge School . Masterton's first State School was founded in 1877 using premises in Dixon Street near
1008-644: The Otahoua transmitter east of the town was commissioned to relay Wellington's WNTV1 channel (now part of TVNZ 1 ). The town was early receiving television, since the Otahoua transmitter was required to repeat the signal from the Mount Victoria (and later Mount Kaukau ) transmitter in Wellington to the Wharite Peak transmitter near Palmerston North (also commissioned in 1963). Digital terrestrial television (Freeview HD)
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#17328558715341056-792: The area. An early mayor was the storekeeper Myer Caselberg (1886–1888). The Masterton District Council (MDC) is the Masterton District territorial authority. It is made up of an elected mayor, a deputy mayor/councillor, and seven additional councillors. They are elected under the First Past the Post system in triennial elections, with the last election being held on Saturday 15 October 2022. The current council members are: Gary Caffell (M), general ward; Bex Johnson (DM), Tom Hullena, Tim Nelson, Craig Bowyer, at large; David Holmes, Stella Lennox, Brent Goodwin, Māori ward; Marama Tuuta. Nationally, Masterton
1104-420: The census question. Of those at least 15 years old, 2,124 (12.1%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 9,903 (56.3%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 4,926 (28.0%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $ 35,800, compared with $ 41,500 nationally. 1,143 people (6.5%) earned over $ 100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15
1152-421: The census question. Of those at least 15 years old, 2,976 (13.2%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 12,756 (56.6%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 5,898 (26.2%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $ 37,200, compared with $ 41,500 nationally. 1,794 people (8.0%) earned over $ 100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15
1200-567: The country's worst industrial accidents occurred at the General Plastics Factory on 170 Dixon Street. During World War II two battalions of the United States Marine Corps were stationed in Masterton. In essence, providing support services for rural industry – living off the sheep's back – Masterton's real growth ended with that sector's retrenchment after the 1974 British entry to the trade and political grouping now
1248-485: The existing treatment pond at the Homebush wastewater treatment plant was being replaced with a new pond, the council had to relocate an estimated 85,000 eels that were living in the old pond. Around half of the eels (about 20 tonnes), were rescued by the iwi Ngati Kahungunu for relocation into other Wairarapa lakes and streams. In March 2022, following periods of heavy rain, high levels of groundwater infiltration into
1296-488: The headquarters of the annual Golden Shears sheep-shearing competition. Masterton suburbs include: Masterton was founded in 1854 by the Small Farms Association. The association was led by Joseph Masters – after whom the town was named – and aimed to settle working people in villages and on the land. At first Masterton grew slowly, but as its farming hinterland became more productive it began to prosper. In
1344-592: The largest North Island urban area without one. There has been no more than a proposal to connect Masterton to the North Island natural gas network via a branch off the Palmerston North to Hastings high-pressure pipeline, commissioned in 1983. 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
1392-411: The secondary department. The primary department resumed the name Masterton Central School until 2004 (when Harley Street School was closed and merged in) and the word Central was replaced with Primary. In the 1960s it was recognised the buildings needed to be renewed but, positioned across the entrance to town, the school's generous site had become commercially valuable. The school's move to 53 South Road
1440-580: The sewage network led to the emergency discharge of treated sewage into the Ruamahanga River from the Homebush wastewater treatment plant for a period of one week. In April 2023, the council was strongly criticised for continuing incidents of overflow of raw sewage into properties in Cockburn Street during periods of heavy rain, a recurring problem that dates from 2006. The Wairarapa Electric Power Board
1488-493: The site of the current courthouse and the close by park for playgrounds. The roll was 389 pupils in 1881. These arrangements were soon replaced by Masterton Central School in Kuripuni which opened on 6 February 1882. The site was sandwiched between Queen and Chapel Streets taking more than 5 acres, the northern half of the block bounded by Kuripuni Street and Russell Street where it met the education reserve that would also become for
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1536-415: The status quo, the Commission decided to work with councils and the community to achieve some consensus on the challenges it faced, and to collaborate in identifying possible options to address the challenges. Masterton's schools were reviewed in 2003 to take into account a changing demographic of the population, with several primary schools closing and merging. Today, there are five state primary schools in
1584-404: The town: Chanel College is a coeducational Catholic school with its own intermediate department; Rathkeale College and St Matthew's Collegiate are Anglican boys and girls schools respectively, with St Matthew's having an intermediate department; and Solway College is a Presbyterian girls school with intermediate. There is also a composite (primary/secondary combined) Māori immersion school in
1632-530: The town: Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Wairarapa. Masterton has its own polytechnic, run by UCOL (Universal College of Learning). The Masterton District Library and Archive, situated on Queen Street, are part of the Lower North Island SMART Libraries group, which involves sharing books and information between 22 libraries. There are several newspapers circulated in Masterton, including two daily publications ( Wairarapa Times-Age , The Post ) and
1680-459: The township – four state contributing primaries: Douglas Park, Fernridge, Masterton Primary and Solway; and one state full primary: Lakeview. In addition, there are five state full primary schools in the surrounding district: Mauriceville, Opaki, Tinui, Wainuiouru and Whareama, and two state-integrated primaries: St Patrick's, a Catholic contributing primary, and Hadlow , an Anglican full primary. Masterton Intermediate School, with over 500 students,
1728-474: Was established in Carterton in 1920 to supply the Wairarapa with electricity from the Kourarau hydropower station at Gladstone, southeast of both towns. Masterton was connected to Mangahao on 17 May 1925 when the transmission line from Bunnythorpe to Masterton (via Woodville and Mangamaire) and the Masterton substation were commissioned. The Wairarapa Electric Power Board moved to headquarters in Masterton in
1776-430: Was $ 26,200, compared with $ 31,800 nationally. 159 people (11.8%) earned over $ 70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 579 (43.0%) people were employed full-time, 192 (14.3%) were part-time, and 57 (4.2%) were unemployed. Masterton Primary School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 6 students, with a roll of 253 as of August 2024. The only school within
1824-467: Was 13.6, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 51.5% had no religion, 37.7% were Christian , 0.4% had Māori religious beliefs , 0.4% were Hindu , 0.2% were Muslim , 0.5% were Buddhist and 1.8% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 231 (17.1%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 294 (21.8%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income
1872-679: Was a French Marist priest killed on the Pacific island of Futuna in 1841. The school was established in 1978. It resulted from the amalgamation 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 . The College, which is located on the old St Joseph's College site, became an Integrated School in November 1981. It
1920-472: Was completed at the end of 1970 and Kuripuni's triangle began to take on a quite different style and appearance. Most of the school's 1960s South Road buildings were replaced in 2004. Masterton Intermediate is a co-educational state intermediate school for Year 7 to 8 students, with a roll of 370. It was a greenfield development of the late 1950s. Chanel College is a co-educational state-integrated Catholic secondary school for Year 7 to 13 students, with
1968-469: Was duplicated in 1915. It was replaced by the current system, completed in 1983. A sewage system was completed in 1901. It drained through settlement ponds and filter beds to the Ruamahanga River south of the town. The sewage farm's system included a newfangled " septic tank " which was subject to failures. In 2012, after a period of heavy rain, eels were found in a Masterton street. In 2013, when
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2016-464: Was established by the Borough Council in 1886 by the corner of Bannister and Kirton Streets. About 20 years later it was moved to the end of Bentley Street, just south of the railway station. The large quantities of coal were brought in by rail. By 1945 it had become clear consumers preferred electricity and the gasworks closed in the 1950s. There is no natural gas network in Masterton, making it
2064-569: Was finished at the end of 1900 when at the formal opening ceremony there was enough pressure to send a jet right over the Post Office tower to the accompaniment of the Masterton Municipal Brass Band. The mayor, Mr Pownall, said he was now ready to pour cold water on the scheme's opponents. A covered reservoir and treatment plant at Fernridge was supplied by an intake from springs beside the Waingawa four miles further up river. The main
2112-625: Was introduced to the Masterton area in July 2011, in preparedness for the area's digital switchover in September 2013. The service broadcasts from the Popoiti transmitter, south of the township. Masterton's water is piped from the Waingawa through a Masterton District Council treatment plant on the river, about 10 kilometres west of the town. The water is clarified and filtered, then chlorinated and fluoridated. Lime
2160-556: Was spoken by 97.2%, Māori language by 5.3%, Samoan by 1.5% and other languages by 6.6%. No language could be spoken by 2.0% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.5%. The percentage of people born overseas was 14.8, compared with 28.8% nationally. Religious affiliations were 33.1% Christian , 1.0% Hindu , 0.5% Islam , 1.4% Māori religious beliefs , 0.4% Buddhist , 0.5% New Age , 0.1% Jewish , and 1.3% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 54.3%, and 7.6% of people did not answer
2208-556: Was spoken by 97.4%, Māori language by 4.7%, Samoan by 1.2% and other languages by 6.3%. No language could be spoken by 1.9% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.5%. The percentage of people born overseas was 14.7, compared with 28.8% nationally. Religious affiliations were 32.5% Christian , 0.8% Hindu , 0.4% Islam , 1.2% Māori religious beliefs , 0.4% Buddhist , 0.5% New Age , 0.1% Jewish , and 1.2% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 55.5%, and 7.6% of people did not answer
2256-419: Was that 10,590 (47.0%) people were employed full-time, 3,300 (14.6%) were part-time, and 543 (2.4%) were unemployed. Masterton's urban area covers 22.45 km (8.67 sq mi) and had an estimated population of 23,200 as of June 2024, with a population density of 1,033 people per km . The urban area had a population of 21,606 in the 2023 New Zealand census , an increase of 1,689 people (8.5%) since
2304-679: Was that 8,061 (45.8%) people were employed full-time, 2,406 (13.7%) were part-time, and 459 (2.6%) were unemployed. Masterton enjoys a mild temperate climate (Köppen: Cfb), grading towards a Mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csb). Due to the geography of the Wairarapa valley and the Tararua Range directly to the west, the town's temperature fluctuates more than the nearby inland city of Palmerston North . Masterton experiences warmer, dry summers with highs above 30 °C possible and colder winters with frequent frost and lows below 0 °C. Between 1877 and 1989, Masterton Borough Council administered
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