Masterton East

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.[1]

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.[2]

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.[3]

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.[4]

Later the same year, Massey University students developed ideas to improve the area, including further road changes and turning graffiti into public art.[1] The ideas was passed on to the Eastside Community Group to consider.[5]

Education

Makoura College is a co-educational state secondary school for Year 9 to 13 students,[6] with a roll of 308 as of March 2020.[7] It was founded in 1968.[8]

The Wairarapa Teen Parent Unit is attached to the school.[9]

Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Wairarapa is a co-educational state Māori language immersion area school for Year 1 to 15 students,[10] with a roll of 91.[11]

References

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