Celebrate a week of science, imagination, and community as Carterton joins the global World Space Week from 12–18 September 2025. This year’s theme, Living in Space, comes to life across the Wairarapa with talks, workshops, films, school programmes, and hands-on activities for all ages. From rockets and planetarium shows to world-class speakers and stargazing inspiration, Carterton Space Week is your invitation to explore our place in the cosmos.
Carterton Space Week is held each year to celebrate World Space Week, the largest international space event on Earth. Taking place annually from 4–10 October, World Space Week commemorates the launch of the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, on 4 October 1957, and the signing of the United Nations Outer Space Treaty on 10 October 1967.
Each year, the World Space Week Association announces a global theme, inspiring countries around the world to explore a different aspect of space science, technology and exploration. Carterton Space Week embraces this international theme while showcasing local speakers, organisations, businesses and experiences, creating a uniquely Wairarapa celebration of humanity’s journey into space.
World Space Week is an international celebration of science and technology, and their contribution to the betterment of the human condition.
