A week-long festival of rockets, planetarium adventures, space talks, telescopes, dark skies, art, movies and hands-on science.
Lonely Planet note: Wairarapa was recognised in Best in Travel 2026, with Carterton Space Week highlighted as a recommended activity to visit.
Follow the programme from water rockets and model rocket workshops to Mars Blueberry planetarium shows, space sector talks, astrophotography, Star Safari, and the real Wairarapa night sky.
Collect stamps as you travel through the week.
Launch rockets, teleport inside Mars Blueberry, meet telescopes, discover New Zealand’s space sector, and complete your mission under the Wairarapa Dark Sky Reserve.
Collect enough stamps to receive a Carterton Space Week patch, certificate or sticker.
Rocket Revolution brings hands-on rocketry to Carterton Space Week. Build, launch and learn with Simon from It’s Not Rocket Science, with sessions for beginners through to more advanced rocket builders.
Explore our events
Use the event calendar to find full details, times, locations and booking links. Filter by date to build your perfect Space Week itinerary.
World Space Week is celebrated globally from 4-10 October. Carterton Space Week brings the international theme home to Wairarapa through local speakers, organisations, businesses and hands-on experiences.
Carterton Space Week is organised by
Go-Carterton, Carterton’s Business Association
