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Wairarapa

The Wairarapa district of New Zealand lies on the south eastern side of the North Island, south of Hawke Bay. The area is lightly populated, having several rural service towns, with Masterton[?] being the largest.

The district spans the administrative regions of Wellington and Hawke's Bay. Having been settled from both the north, and south and been the subject of reorganisations of local government, the district's northern borders are vague and gradually blend into southern Hawkes Bay region. The area south of Mt. Bruce is always known as Wairarapa. While the area to the north of Mt. Bruce is sometimes called Tararua or occasionally attributed to Manawatu[?], because it feeds the headwaters of the Manawatu River[?], which cuts throught the Tararua mountain range via the Manawatu Gorge[?] to flow to the west coast of the North Island.

The agricultural industries, including forestry, cropping, sheep and dairy farming are major land users. The area around Martinborough[?], in the south, is a renown for its vineyards and wine, while beer has been made at Mangatainoka[?], in the north, since 1889.

Many of New Zealand's endangered native birds can be seen at the National Wildlife Centre at Mt. Bruce, which lies just south of Eketahuna[?], considered by some to be the epitome of rural New Zealand towns.

Famous people born in the Wairarapa include:

See also List of regions in New Zealand

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