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- 1. 2022 Annual Report
    
    19 Jul
    
    The Trust is pleased to present our annual report for the year ended 31 March 2022. The Trust exceeded $1 million in grants for the first time in five years, and three years into the six-year strategy our finance and grants objectives are on... Read more
    
    Masterton community to benefit from $1.5m
    
    31 May
    
    Community-owned Masterton Trust Lands Trust has announced an historic annual grants budget of $1.5 million for 2022/23. It coincides with the Trust’s 150th year.
    
    The $1.5 million represents the largest amount of money the Trust has ever... Read more
    
    MTLT supports local students to experience Outward Bound
    
    23 Nov
    
    A recent Outward Bound (OB) hosted event in Masterton acknowledged financial supporters and celebrated the achievements of 14 local senior college students. The students successfully completed a high endurance three week course of outdoor... Read more
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Murals for Masterton

In October 2022, we commissioned four murals by leading contemporary artists on Trust-owned buildings in Masterton’s CBD with the aim of bringing Masterton’s CBD to life with colourful, thought-provoking art, accessible to all.

Each of the artists submitted a concept to our arts committee based on Wairarapa’s geographical references – its five rivers, the Tararua Ranges and native flora and fauna.

Past and Present by FLOX, 10 Lincoln Road

The Huia – last sighted in the Wairarapa region dominates the left of the artwork facing the beloved North Island Kōkako on the right.

This artwork pays homage to what we once had in the form of our Huia, while paying respect to the success story of the now thriving North Island Kōkako,...

Five Rivers by Pip and Zoe Paint, 49 Dixon Street

Zoe and Pip (Pippa Keel and Zoe Gillett) were immediately drawn to Wairarapa’s five rivers, home to NZ’s endemic Longfin eels.

Water and flow became the basis for their mural concept - the waters of each river weaving together.

Within these flowing waters, Zoe and Pip highlight...

Ruru by Sean Duffell, Corner Crayne and Queen Streets

Sean chose the Ruru (Morepork) as the centre piece for his mural. He says they’re just the best birds that cruise around the Wairarapa. The Ruru is adorned with native plants which are used in traditional Māori medicine and these grow around the region too.
The orangey brown wood-...

Sink or Skim by Lotte Hawley, 22 Dixon Street

Inspired by the wonderful Wairarapa rivers and the moments we spend at them this mural captures children participating in a game of skimming stones, an absolute automatic reaction that hits us all when down at the river side. We do not see their faces, identity is not given - leaving the viewer...