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On 31 May 1919, Masterton became the first town in New Zealand to have a fully automatic (Western Electric 7A Rotary) telephone exchange. Masterton and nearby Carterton were the first towns in New Zealand to introduce the emergency number 111, in September 1958. [51] Before the 1991 to 1993 changes, the area code for Masterton was 059.
Masterton East. Masterton East (also known as Eastside or Cameron Block) is a suburb of Masterton, a town on New Zealand's North Island. It is a low socio-economic area with social housing, with about 15% of Masterton's population. About 30% of the population are Māori, primarily belonging to Rangitāne and Ngāti Kahungunu.
Masterton Central is a suburb of Masterton, a town on New Zealand's North Island. It consists of a central business district centred on Queen Street. Commercial activity on the street drifted south in the 1990s, but the northern end of the street experienced a resurgence in the 2000s. [3] Plans for a redevelopment of the street were drawn up in ...
Lansdowne, one of Masterton's largest suburbs, is on the left bank of the Waipoua stream at the north-western end of Masterton, New Zealand. On the town's highest ground it provides broad vistas of much of the Wairarapa Valley. [3] [4] It is further distinguished from the rest of the town by having been subdivided late in the 19th century and ...
Masterton railway station is a single-platform, urban railway station serving the town of Masterton in New Zealand 's Wairarapa district. Located at the end of Perry Street, it is one of three stations in Masterton, the others being Renall Street and Solway. Masterton station is the terminus for Wairarapa Connection passenger services on ...
Solway. Solway is an old-established residential suburb near the Waingawa River in the south-western part of Masterton, the principal town in the Wairarapa Valley of New Zealand's North Island. It was a small part of Manaia run on which Masterton is built. [3] It takes its present name from Solway House built in 1877 for W. H. Donald.
Masterton East. Masterton West is a suburb of Masterton, a town on New Zealand's North Island. It includes Renall Street railway station and the Douglas Parks sports group. [3] Air quality in Masterton West exceeded World Health Organization guidelines for 28 days in 2018 and 34 days in 2019. [4]
Kuripuni. Kuripuni is a suburb of Masterton, a town on New Zealand's North Island. It has a sports bar, [3] a medical centre, [4] and a post shop. [5] 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. [6]