Wairarapa

16/07/2025

🍴 What’s New in Wairarapa Food & Wine? 🍷✨

🍷🍸 The White Swan – Sample local wine and gin flights with tasting notes in style at this iconic Greytown spot.

🌿🍽️ Palliser Estate Wines – Palliser welcomes award-winning chef Norka Mella Munoz, whose bold “Chiwi” style fuses Chilean flair with Kiwi soul. Expect refined, seasonal dining with a sustainable edge.

🍸 Dr Beak – Small-batch gin, sustainably made, and packed with premium NZ botanicals. Nearly all ingredients are sourced locally, and part of every sale supports biodiversity. Be sure to visit their new Martinborough tasting room.

🍷 Johner Estate – Swing by their brand new Greytown cellar door (Fri–Sun) for tastings, a chat, and wine to take home.

🧀 C'est Cheese – Don’t miss their new toastie menu with a hot brew from their own Remutaka Pass Toasties & Coffee. While you're there, stock up on award-winning cheeses, specialty goods, and epic platter treats.

You can find our full guide to Wairarapa food and drink here: http://bit.ly/46cQJ0h

14/07/2025

💍 GIVEAWAY TIME! 💐

The Wairarapa Wedding Expo 2025 is back on Saturday 2 August and we’re giving you the chance to WIN a night for two at Copthorne Solway Park, Wairarapa + breakfast + tickets to the wedding expo! 🏨🥐

To enter, just drop a 💐 in the comments below. Winner drawn Monday 21 July & contacted via DM. Good luck! 🤞

09/07/2025

🎉 What’s On in Wairarapa This Week? Heaps!

🇫🇷 Bastille Day @ Union Square Bistro & Bar – Five-course French menu + optional wine pairings, Fri–Mon.
🫧 Bubbles & Badges @ Aratoi Museum of Art and History – Craft fun for kids daily 'til 13 July, 10am–4pm.
🍽️ Sip & Savour @ The Runholder – Locals lunch every Thurs, 12–3pm.
🎄 Christmas Quiz @ The Offering - Greytown – Quiz, food & festive fun, Thurs 6–9.30pm.
🎬 The Crown Picture Theatre in Greytown – Raiders of the Lost Ark Fri, Wicked Sat, Mamma Mia Sun, all 4pm.
🍷 Pinot Noir Mardi Gras @ Alexia Wines – A masterclass in all things Pinot, Sat 2–3.30pm.
🔥 Molewood Orchard Bonfire Inferno – Music, food & the region’s biggest bonfire, Sat 5–6.30pm.
🪩 Pop-Up Nightclub @ Blackwell and Sons – Disco fun Fri & Sat, 4–8pm.
🧵 Cross-Stitch Bookmark Workshop – Craft & refreshments, Sun 11am–1pm @ Greytown Distilling Company
🐺 Red Riding Hood by The Pantoloons – Big laughs & panto fun, Sun 1pm @ Wairarapa Events Centre.

Full lineup here: bit.ly/4k8fijr

📸 Jet Productions

07/07/2025

📽 🇮🇹 GIVEAWAY! The Cinema Italiano Festival returns to the Regent 3 Cinemas next week and we have 2 X DOUBLE PASSES to give away to the opening night film Gloria!

The screening takes place 6:30pm on Monday 14th July at the Regent 3. We also have a DOUBLE PASS to an in-season screening of your choice to giveaway. 🎟 🍿

TO BE IN TO WIN: drop a CIAO! in the comments below. Winner will be drawn this Friday 11th July & notified by DM. Buona fortuna! 🤞

02/07/2025

Wow! ✨ Greytown Village have just released more tickets to the very popular Illumination Night Walk at Cobblestones Museum ❄ Get your tickets here: https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/.../illuminations.../greytown

02/07/2025

🎄 What’s On in Wairarapa this week? Heaps!

🧠 Weekly Quiz Night @ Copthorne Solway Park, Wairarapa Wairarapa – Every Wednesday, 5pm – free entry
❄️ Wairarapa Festival of Christmas - Snowfall On Main Greytown Village – Flurries outside the Town Hall, Fri & Sat nights, 6pm–8pm
🎠 Carousel Family Fun Zone – Classic carousel rides daily until Mon 7 July, 4pm–8pm
🔭 Cocktails and Constellations with Star Safari @ The White Swan – Stars, stories & gin every Thurs in July
🍷 Carnevale Paninoteca Bar @ Alexia Wines – This Sat, 12–5pm
👑 Queen Victoria Dinner @ Brac & Bow – 3 or 4-course feast every Fri & Sat from 6pm
🧀 Toastie Takeover @ The Offering - Greytown – Late-night toastie menu, Fri 5.30–8.30pm
🍸 Gin Garden Bar @ The White Swan – Mulled gin, live music & winter magic, every Fri & Sat, 5–8.30pm
🥢 Test Kitchen Fridays @ Luna Estate – Korean-inspired flavours matched with Luna wines, 11am–7pm
🎬 The Crown Picture Theatre in Greytown - Ferris Bueller’s Day Off – Fri 4pm & Walk The Line – Sat 4pm
🍽️ Mid-Winter Xmas Lunch @ Wharekauhau Country Estate – Festive 4-course lunch, Sat 12.30pm
🍵 How to Make a Great Cup of Tea – Hands-on tea workshop, Sun 10am–12pm @ Greytown Distilling Company
🍴 Mid-Winter Lunch Buffet @ Copthorne Solway Park, Wairarapa – Every Sunday, 12–2pm

👉 Full lineup here: bit.ly/4k8fijr

📸 Jet Productions

26/06/2025

❄️ Save these dates for July in Wairarapa!

Cool temps, hot events – here’s what’s coming up:

🎄 Wairarapa Festival of Christmas (27 June – 26 July) Greytown Village
Christmas lights, markets, circus fun, a house tour, tractor parade & more! Most events are FREE with some ticketed events.

🍷 Nga Waka Degustation Dinner – Fri 18 July
Five beautiful wines, four delicious courses by chef Ant North – a cosy, intimate evening in Martinborough.

📘 Ian Foster – Leading Under Pressure – Thurs 31 July
Former All Blacks coach shares stories from the top. Book talk + Q&A + signing.

💍 Wairarapa Wedding Expo – Fri 2 August at Copthorne Solway Park, Wairarapa
Meet local wedding pros, get inspired, and plan your perfect day. Entry by koha.

👉 Don’t miss out! Rally your crew and make the most of winter in the Wairarapa. Find out more here: https://bit.ly/4k8fijr

24/06/2025

🎒School Holidays are almost here — and Wairarapa has you covered! From creative workshops to dazzling night walks and laugh-out-loud theatre, there’s something for every age. Here are just a few highlights:

🎄 Big Switch Opening Night at the Wairarapa Festival of Christmas - see the magical projection lights and bask in sprinklings of snow in Greytown Village this Friday 27 June.
🦎 Junior Rangers at Pūkaha National Wildlife Centre - young nature lovers can spend the day learning about Kiwi on Tuesday 1 July and a tracking and trapping course on Tuesday 8 July.
🎨 Fab Lab Workshops - the team from Fab Lab bring two exciting exhibitions in connection with the exhibition Kaleidoscope to Aratoi Museum of Art and History on Saturday 28 & Sunday 29 June.
🎭 Kitchen Chaos at Wairarapa Events Centre - all the joy, mess and mayhem audiences have come to expect from Rollicking Entertainment’s signature style of children’s theatre on Wednesday 2 July 11am & 2pm.
🖌 Check out the School Holiday timetable at Ventana Art Space in Martinborough for their packed programme of creative classes for different age groups.
✨Illumination Night Walk at Cobblestones Museum - the beautiful grounds of Cobblestones come alive with dazzling lights, magical soundscapes and more from Wednesday 2 July to Monday 7 July.
🎠 Carousel Family Fun Zone - Take a nostalgic spin into the past with a ride on a vintage carousel—providing classic fun for the whole family in Greytown from Wednesday 2 July to Monday 7 July.
🎪 Circus Workshop with The Circus Hub - step right up to The Circus Hub in Greytown and discover the magic of the big top with exciting workshops for kids from Tuesday 1 July to Friday 4 July.
🌊 Aratoi School Holiday Workshop with Linda Kirkland - kids get immersed in a world of colour and creativity in this Under the Sea collage workshop on Wednesday 9 July 10.30am-12pm.
🐺 The Pantoloons Present: Red Riding Hood - expect big laughs, sneaky plans, ridiculous disguises, and a forest full of fabulous nonsense on Sunday 13 July 1pm at Wairarapa Events Centre.

Check out loads more school holiday fun here: http://bit.ly/3FRGioh

16/06/2025

🎁 WIN a Family Getaway to the Wairarapa Festival of Christmas! 🎄✨

The magic of Christmas is coming to Greytown, and we’ve got a school holiday treat for one lucky family!

🎉 You could win:

🏨 1-night stay for a family of 4 at Copthorne Solway Park, Wairarapa on Wednesday 2 July (includes breakfast on Thursday 3 July)

🎟️ Family tickets to the Illumination Night Walk & Carousel Fun Zone at the Wairarapa Festival of Christmas on 2 July

To enter, just comment below and tell us what you want for Christmas! 🎅🎁

📌 One entry per person
📆 Competition closes Monday 23 June.
📩 Winner will be contacted via DM – beware of fake accounts asking for personal details.

13/06/2025

✨ Celebrate Matariki in Wairarapa! 🌌

From stargazing with whānau to bonfires, hangis, exhibitions and more — there’s something for everyone across the region. Come together, reflect, and enjoy the magic of Matariki.

Explore the lineup of Wairarapa events at https://bit.ly/447t0My
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Matariki is a significant time in Aotearoa, celebrating the beginning of the Māori New Year.

11/06/2025

Just over two weeks to go! Greytown’s Festival of Christmas is nearly here! ❄️✨

See what’s on at www.greytownvillage.com 🎄

05/06/2025

Wharekauhau Country Estate is one of New Zealand’s most luxurious hideaways—set on a working sheep station between the Remutaka Ranges and dramatic Palliser Bay.

Renowned for its farm-to-table dining and eco-conscious approach, Wharekauhau was recently featured in esteemed American magazine Forbes for taking food sustainability to the next level. Read the article here: https://bit.ly/458W5cz

They’re also 2025 Wellington Gold Awards finalists in the St Pierre’s Vibrant Gold category for events & hospitality.

Don’t miss their Mid-Winter Christmas Lunch on Saturday 5 July—the perfect chance to experience the estate’s award-worthy hospitality.