Sink or Skim by Lotte Hawley, 22 Dixon Street
Inspired by the wonderful Wairarapa rivers and the moments we spend at them this mural captures children participating in a game of skimming stones, an absolute automatic reaction that hits us all when down at the river side. We do not see their faces, identity is not...
Five Rivers by Pip and Zoe Paint, 49 Dixon Street
Zoe and Pip (Pippa Keel and Zoe Gillett) were immediately drawn to Wairarapa’s five rivers, home to NZ’s endemic Longfin eels. Water and flow became the basis for their mural concept – the waters of each river weaving together. Within these flowing waters, Zoe...
Ruru by Sean Duffell, Corner Crayne and Queen Streets
Sean chose the Ruru (Morepork) as the centre piece for his mural. He says they’re just the best birds that cruise around the Wairarapa. The Ruru is adorned with native plants which are used in traditional Māori medicine and these grow around the region too. The...
Past and Present by FLOX, 10 Lincoln Road
The Huia – last sighted in the Wairarapa region dominates the left of the artwork facing the beloved North Island Kōkako on the right. This artwork pays homage to what we once had in the form of our Huia, while paying respect to the success story of the now thriving...
Latest Trust grants help locals reach for the stars
Community-owned Masterton Trust Lands Trust (MTLT) has invested in excess of a quarter of a million dollars in education and community initiatives to benefit locals in its latest funding round.
Getting Native In The Reserve
Check out this video highlighting the Trust-owned Millennium Reserve on the corner of Hillcrest and Pownall streets. Special thanks to the hardworking volunteers that work tirelessly to provide this wonderful recreational space for the community.
Garden to Table
A $10,000 grant to fund a Great Kai Facilitator to work across three Masterton primary schools delivered learning benefits to 180 students around how to grow, harvest, prepare and share healthy kai. As well as gaining practical skills to grow food, tamariki learned...
Trustees dig deep to plant trees for Wairarapa College Farm
Trustees of Masterton Trust Lands Trust, staff and volunteers rolled up their sleeves alongside Wairarapa College principal Matt White and students to plant close to 1000 trees on the school farm today.
Ara Toi: Pathways to Art
Becky from Aratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art & History speaks with MTLT Trustee Bex Johnson about public art and the Trust’s Murals for Masterton project.
Science scholarship for top Wairarapa College student
Former Masterton student Anika Stewart was awarded the Alan MacDiarmid Scholarship to contribute towards her studies at Canterbury University for a Bachelor of Engineering with Honours. Anika was Wairarapa College’s Proxime Accessit for 2022 receiving 1sts in biology,...