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Explore Carterton
Carterton in Carterton District (Wellington) is located in New Zealand about 43 mi (or 70 km) north-east of Wellington, the country's capital.
Local time in Carterton is now 04:50 AM (Saturday). The local timezone is named Pacific / Auckland with an UTC offset of 13 hours. We know of 8 airports in the wider vicinity of Carterton, of which one is a larger airport. The closest airport in New Zealand is Hood Airport in a distance of 6 mi (or 10 km), North-East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Palmerston North, Wellington, Blenheim, Napier and Nelson. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 16°C / 61 °F
Morning Temperature | 17°C / 62 °F |
Evening Temperature | 17°C / 62 °F |
Night Temperature | 11°C / 52 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 6% |
Air Humidity | 98% |
Air Pressure | 1010 hPa |
Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 9 km/h (6 mph) from South |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
General Conditions | Moderate rain |
Saturday, 16th of November 2024
12°C (53 °F)
8°C (47 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Sunday, 17th of November 2024
16°C (61 °F)
6°C (43 °F)
Broken clouds, gentle breeze.
Monday, 18th of November 2024
18°C (65 °F)
9°C (48 °F)
Sky is clear, gentle breeze, clear sky.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Briarwood Boutique Accommodation - Greytown
Greyfriars Motel
Oak Estate Motor Lodge
The White Swan Country Hotel
Videos from this area
These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.
Masterton Motorplex Drag Racing
Just a mash up of runs in LOW D from the weekend in no particular order.
'Leaving For The Front' WW1 Re-enactment, 13-Aug-14, Masterton, New Zealand
(part 7 of 9) To commemorate 100 years since the first Wairarapa contingent left for World War 1, local people re-enact their departure, marching from Masterton Town Hall to Masterton Railway Station.
A4 Skyhawks doing their thing at Masterton Airshow in 2001
This is shot on VHS tape so the quality isn't that good but the flying makes up for it, I hope!
'Leaving For The Front' WW1 Re-enactment, 13-Aug-14, Masterton, New Zealand
(part 5 of 9) To commemorate 100 years since the first Wairarapa contingent left for World War 1, local people re-enact their departure, marching from Masterton Town Hall to Masterton Railway Station.
Masterton Shunt - Solway snow - Featherston & South
A little overnight excursion I took myself on, a few years back.
NZ Performance Pro Import RX8 at Masterton drags Jan 8th & 9th 2011
Paul Dowdall's RX8 debut at Masterton Motorplex. Video shot and provided by Peter Isaacs.
NZAWA Annual Rally in Masterton June 2012
New Zealand Association of Women in Aviation annual rally held in Masterton 1-4 June 2012.
xr6 turbo ute beats a jaguar(madd jagg) at masterton drags
Sunday now! the second day of racing and the ute got a time of 14.4 seconds against this jaguar that had red lighted but still a sweet result.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Carterton Railway Station
Carterton Railway Station, in the Wairarapa district of New Zealand, is a single platform railway station in the town of Carterton. It is located at the corner of Broadway, Davy and Wheatstone Streets, near the main shopping precinct on State Highway 2 (SH 2). It is on the Wairarapa Line, three stops and 17 minutes' journey time to Masterton, eight stops and 1 hour 19 minutes journey time to Wellington, on Wairarapa Connection trains.
Dalefield Railway Station
Dalefield railway station was a station on the Wairarapa Line that served the small rural community of Dalefield, just south of Carterton in the Wairarapa region of New Zealand’s North Island. It survived for just over a century from when the line opened in 1880 until it was closed in 1981.
Clareville Railway Station
|} Clareville railway station was a flag station serving the small settlement of Clareville, north of Carterton in the Wairarapa region of New Zealand's North Island. It survived for nine decades from when it opened in 1880 until closure to all traffic in 1970.
2012 Carterton hot air balloon crash
On 7 January 2012, a scenic hot air balloon flight from Carterton, New Zealand, collided with a high voltage power line while attempting to land, causing it to catch fire, disintegrate and crash just north of the town, killing all eleven people (ten passengers and the pilot) on board.