Masterton

Masterton ()

Key facts

Settlement.name: Masterton
Settlement.native_name: Whakaoriori (Māori)
Settlement.settlement_type: Territorial authority district
Settlement.image_skyline: Masterton 02.JPG
Settlement.image_shield: File:Masterton CoA.png
Settlement.image_map: Masterton in the North Island.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Masterton district within the North Island
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: New Zealand
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Greater Wellington
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Masterton District
Settlement.established_title: Town founded
Settlement.established_date: 1854
Settlement.seat_type: NZ Parliament
Settlement.seat: Ikaroa-Rāwhiti (Māori)Wairarapa
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor

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Masterton () 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 the Waipoua stream between the Ruamāhunga and Waingawa Rivers – 100 kilometres north-east of Wellington and 40 kilometres south of Eketāhuna.

Masterton has an urban population of , and a district population of

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