Masterton East

Masterton East
Suburb
Queen Elizabeth Park entrance
Queen Elizabeth Park entrance
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Coordinates: 40°57′30″S 175°39′56″E / 40.958202°S 175.665622°E / -40.958202; 175.665622
CountryNew Zealand
CityMasterton
Local authorityMasterton District Council
Area
[1]
 • Land240 ha (590 acres)
Population
 (June 2023)[2]
 • Total4,250
Masterton West Masterton Central Lansdowne
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Masterton East (also known as Eastside or Cameron Block) is a suburb of Masterton, a town on New Zealand's North Island.

It is a low socio-economic area with social housing, with about 15% of Masterton's population. About 30% of the population are Māori, primarily belonging to Rangitāne and Ngāti Kahungunu.[3]

A central feature of the park is McJorrow Park, a soccer park. Playgrounds, an asphalt basketball court, a sunshade, seating and outside tables were installed in the park between 2015 and 2017.[4]

The park features Te Awhina Cameron Community House, a community centre that hosts English as a Second Language classes, playgroup, cooking classes and furniture workshops. The building was renovated between 2013 and 2014.[5]

In 2018, Masterton District Council and the Eastside Community Group worked on a project to slow vehicles through the area. Some cars were significantly damaged by one steep obstacle installed on River Road.[6]

Later the same year, Massey University students developed ideas to improve the area, including further road changes and turning graffiti into public art.[3] The ideas was passed on to the Eastside Community Group to consider.[7]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Area was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Population estimate tables - NZ.Stat". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Planning students redesign Masterton's east side". Massey University. 23 November 2018.
  4. ^ "McJorrow Park bringing community back together". trusthouse.co.nz. Trust House. 1 August 2017.
  5. ^ Fuller, Piers (15 October 2014). "Masterton East Side project humming". Stuff. Dominion Post.
  6. ^ Roberts, Cal (4 October 2018). "Eastside go-slow takes off". Wairarapa Times-Age.
  7. ^ "University students float East Side ideas". Wairarapa Times-Age. 29 November 2018.