Solway, New Zealand
Solway | |
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Donald's homestead at Manaia in front of a corner of Kuripuni Bush, February 1849 William Mein Smith | |
| Coordinates: 40°57′32″S 175°37′41″E / 40.959°S 175.628°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| City | Masterton |
| Local authority | Masterton District Council |
| Area | |
| • Land | 846 ha (2,091 acres) |
| Population (June 2024) | |
• Total | 7,430 |
| Railway stations | Solway railway station |
| Airports | Hood Aerodrome |
| Upper Plain | Ngaumutawa | Kuripuni |
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Solway
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Masterton East | |
| Carterton |
Solway is an old-established residential suburb near the Waingawa River in the south-western part of Masterton, the principal town in the Wairarapa Valley of New Zealand's North Island. It was a small part of Manaia run on which Masterton is built. It takes its present name from Solway House built in 1877 for W. H. Donald.
Solway College, a Presbyterian girls' boarding school, was established in Solway House in 1916 but Solway's central feature remains the near-moribund Masterton Agricultural & Pastoral Association's Solway Showgrounds opened in 1911. A Wairarapa Farmers Market for artisan produce is held under the grandstand each Saturday morning.
Solway also has several parks and reserves, including the Masterton Trust Lands Trust's Millennium Reserve built over the Acclimatisation Society's trout hatcheries and South Park, a softball field and dog-walking area.