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Summer Hummer

Security guards squirt water to cool the crowd at Masterton’s Summer Hummer music festival in 2003. Held every February, the one-day event is aimed at the region’s youth. It attracts up to 10,000, who listen and dance to local and national bands.

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Ben Schrader, Wairarapa region – Leisure and sport, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/12124/summer-hummer (accessed 10 June 2026).

Story by Ben Schrader, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.