We asked, “What do you love about Masterton-Whakaoriori?” to understand what matters most to our community.

Responses to this question highlight Masterton’s strengths and the things you value. These things provide a strong foundation for our Development Plan. We summarised your responses into two broad categories: your experience - what you like about living here, and our character - what makes this place unique.

What you like about living here:

• Our sense of community/whanaungatanga
• Our natural environment
• A family-friendly place to bring up children
• Our rural/provincial lifestyle
• Our community spaces, events and activities that bring people together
• Our closeness to Wellington.

What makes this place unique:

• Mana whenua narrative (the stories of our people and places)
• Our history and heritage
• Our waterways/awa
• Our mountains/maunga
• Our coasts and beaches
• Parks and green spaces.

Let us know if you agree, if we’ve missed anything, and what we can do now to protect and enhance these things.