Advertisement
📅 Date: Saturday, 28th November⏰ Time: 6:30 pm – 11:30 pm
📍 Location: Barn at Mt White Station
🎟️ Tickets: mtwhitestation.co.nz
Tough, Thorny, and Fiercely Resilient - The Spirit of the High-Country
Matagouri is tough, thorny, and enduring, just like the people who shaped the high country and created the original Matagouri Ball. Once a year, musterers, neighbours, and station hands would gather for music, laughter, and stories that carried on until dawn.
“The legendary Matagouri Ball had an atmosphere of its own and attracted visitors from places fifty to seventy miles away. To get there we had to make a round trip of over one hundred miles. But we were always certain of a good night’s entertainment.” - Peter Newton, Wayleggo 1947
The Matagouri Ball was no ordinary dance. It was a celebration of hard work, camaraderie, and the sheer joy of being together, and now we’d love you to join us as we carry this high-country tradition forward.
THE NIGHT INCLUDES
- Bubbles, wine, and mead, with an eftpos bar available.
- A three-course dinner crafted with Mt White Station produce.
- Live music to put your dancing shoes to good use.
- A night spent on one of New Zealand’s historic high-country stations, with unforgettable views.
- Great yarns with staff, family, and friends.
DRESS CODE
Rural formal: boots meet ballgowns, wool meets silk, dress to celebrate your way.
ACCOMMODATION
Email us at [email protected] to ask about our Bed and Breakfast package.
TRANSPORT
Transport to Mt White Station is not included. If there’s enough interest, we may explore options.
2WD vehicles are fine, just make sure they have enough ground clearance for the gravel road.
ENTRY
R18 only. No BYO.
THE MATAGOURI BALL IS BACK, A NIGHT TO REMEMBER AND A CELEBRATION OF THE HIGH-COUNTRY SPIRIT. JOIN US FOR AN UNFORGETTABLE EVENING.
TICKETS AT mtwhitestation.co.nz
Advertisement
Event venue
2514 Mt White Road , Arthur's Pass, New Zealand 7580, Darfield, New Zealand
Tickets
Concerts, fests, parties, meetups — all the happenings, one place.