Tarureka Estate

Unique Wairarapa Wedding Venue & Accommodation – One Hour From Wellington City

When you book Tarureka Estate for your wedding, you are securing one of the oldest and largest barns in New Zealand. Tarureka Estate offers stunning indoor and outdoor ceremony options, as well as the convenience of booking the grand Homestead accommodation that can sleep up to 18 of your guests privately on site.

Venue hire of the Loft Barn gives you full access to the Barn and Estate grounds from the day before your wedding, up until 3 pm the day after your wedding. We have fantastic caterers Crescendo and chef on demand Zane, that you can book for your wind-down celebrations the day after.

Beth, co-owner and wedding planner of Tarureka Estate, is on hand the day before and day of your wedding to assist with any last-minute seating changes and to help set up and finesse your wedding décor.

Venue Hire Inclusions

After many years of operating as a successful wedding venue, Tarureka Estate has amassed an impressive collection of items, from space enhancing antique mirrors, chandeliers and fairy lights, to practical necessities, such as sun umbrellas, mics and speakers. You are welcome to have full access to all of these items when you book Tarureka Estate for your wedding day.

*"Absolutely perfect!! My new wife and I wish to say a HUGE thanks to Reid and Beth for their amazing venue, their amazing service and just the whole personal way that they looked after us, and out for us. Nothing was too difficult. Beth called and organised fingernail repair for my wife the day before the wedding, and both of them were just wonderful to us the whole time we were there. The venue itself, what can I say, it was stunning. The grounds are beautiful, the barn is...

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