GREYTOWN & DISTRICT
15Oth ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS

NEW ZEALAND'S OLDEST PLANNED INLAND TOWN


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   Greytown is located an hours drive north of Wellington in the North Island of New Zealand.

Greytown Post Office corner of Main and Kuratawhiti streetsSituated on the edge of a stony plain adjacent to the Waiohine river on fertile river flats in the south Wairarapa. The settling of Greytown and the surrounding district are historically important, Greytown was the 1st planned inland town as a part of the Small Farms Association scheme.

This celebration commemorated the arrival of the first settlers to Greytown on the 27th of March 1854.

Papawai Maori and Tipuna dating from 1890’s    Greytown Town Hall during the visit of the Governor General Lord Bledisloe 23rd February 1933.