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Kōrero: Wairarapa region

Community shopping

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Community shopping

The Featherston community supermarket is run by Trust House. Trust House is mainly owned by the Masterton Licensing Trust, formed in 1947 to keep alcohol sales in the region under community control. Profits from trading are distributed to community groups.

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Private collection

by Colin Hicks

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Ben Schrader, Wairarapa region – Diversifying the economy, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/12099/community-shopping (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Ben Schrader, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.