Trust grants funding to exceed $2M for the first time
Masterton Trust Lands Trust (MTLT) has doubled its annual grants funding this year to exceed $2 million for the first time. This signals the Trust’s ongoing commitment to grow grants funding in perpetuity, in line with changes to population and the consumer price...
$10,000 for the iconic golden shears
The Golden Shears International Shearing Championship Society Inc. received a grant of $10,000 for the 2024 Golden Shears. This provided for educational programmes including school visits by around 800 children to learn about shearing and the wool industry. The...
First MTLT Humanities Scholarship Awarded
Congratulations to Rebecca Hamlyn. Rebecca is the first to be awarded the MTLT Humanities Scholarship. For school leavers, we created this new scholarship of $3,000 over three years. Available to a top-performing NCEA Level 3 student going on to study a...
$600,000 literacy support boost for Masterton
Masterton Trust Lands Trust (MTLT) is investing $600,000 over the next three years to deliver literacy support for Masterton’s youngest learners. “In line with philanthropic best practice, we’re investing in long-term educational opportunities that deliver measurable...
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
The Trust provides space in central Masterton for members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community to join together regularly. It provides an essential hub where former refugees can gather and connect. “We are very thankful… this means a lot to us… to utilise the...
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.
$25,000 for Masterton District Library
A $25,000 grant for the Masterton Library was spent on high-demand books and the summer and winter reading programmes. For the most popular books, up to 50 library members can be on the waitlist, meaning you could wait up to a year to read some in-demand books. The...
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.