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Lonely Planet says come to Wairarapa for Carterton Space Week. We say: excellent advice. 🚀Carterton Space Week is back in town!! Mark your calendars 4-10 October 2026 will be a week of Rockets and Space in Carterton. This is what we planned to turn Carterton into a SPACEPORT
From 4–10 October, Carterton Space Week is back for the school holidays, and this year we’re going full ROCKET REVOLUTION.
We’ve got:
🚀 Water rockets in Carrington Park
🛰️ Real model rocket workshops with Simon Willoughby-Martin from It’s Not Rocket Science
🫐 The Mars Blueberry planetarium at the Wairarapa Events Centre
🇳🇿 Fresh From Space, looking at what’s happening in New Zealand’s space sector right now, with a special Zoom hello from Mark Rocket
🌌 Journey Through the Universe with Sam and Hari
🔭 Meet the Telescopes with Phoenix Astro
📷 Astrophotography workshops
🎬 October Sky movie night
✨ Star Safari: Rocket Revolution Edition
🍷 Dark Sky Business Connect at Urlar
🪐 And the Carterton Spaceport Passport for young explorers collecting mission stamps around town.
Even Mr Carter is looking forward to be an astronaut.
And when the rockets come back down, the Universe is still right there above us in the Wairarapa International Dark Sky Reserve.
Lonely Planet has selected Wairarapa stargazing for its Best in Travel 2026 experiences and even recommends timing a visit for Carterton Space Week in October.
So if you’ve got kids who like rockets, grown-ups who secretly like rockets, a telescope you don’t know how to use, questions about space, or simply an urge to leave Earth for a while…
Come and join the Rocket Revolution.
4–10 October 2026
Carterton, Wairarapa
Explore the full programme and book your missions:
https://www.wairarapa.space/carterton-space-week-2026/
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Te Huinga Tāngata Wairarapa Events Centre, 50 Holloway St, Carterton 5713, New Zealand, Clareville
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