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Wairarapa has many advantages for those seeking business opportunities and an unhurried lifestyle. Just over an hour from New Zealand's capital city, Wellington, Wairarapa is directly linked to the city and rest of the world by reliable and competitive transport providers.

Wairarapa's natural resources reflect New Zealand's clean, green reputation around the world. Its unspoiled land, air and water, along with resourcefulness of the people, create products of quality and purity rarely found.

Land is plentiful and available for commercial ventures at low prices not found in cities. Increasingly diverse use of the land is producing many new products grown and processed for niche markets, domestically and overseas.

The region's environment is temperate in more than just a climatic sense. Residents and business people tend to take a long term view, and the risks are low. Labour, infrastructure and business services are reliable and stable and long term relationships prosper.

To view the Wairarapa Regional Economic Development Strategy 2005-2025, click here