In 1981 the Toowoomba City Council and Wanganui City Council mutually agreed to establish a sister city relationship. With the opportunity to promote closer bonds and relations between the cities, the citizens pledged to engage in mutually beneficial exchanges of culture, industry and education.

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Masters sporting enthusiasts across the region are invited to travel across the Tasman in February 2013 to compete in the 2013 New Zealand Master Games being held in Wanganui. 

The games are a nine day event with more than 530 individual competitions in 64 different sports. There are different age policies depending on the individual event although most have a minimum starting age of 35.

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If you are interested in attending the New Zealand Master Games to be held in Wanganui from 1 - 10 February 2013, the Toowoomba Regional Council would really like to hear from you.

We already have a large team of Master Footballers (soccer) and supporters heading over and we would really like to add more teams to be cheered on and add to the atmosphere.

If you are interested please contact  the following Council Officers:

• Council's International Secretariat on 4688 6747
• Council's Sports Tourism Officer on 4688 6984

1-10 February 2013

New Zealand's first Masters Games were held in Wanganui in 1989. Since then, the city's facilities and support for mature sports people have gone from strength to strength.

Wanganui is one of New Zealand's most charming provincial cities. It abounds with historic buildings, preserved from the early days of European settlement, along with beautiful parks and gardens filled with native plants and bird life. Located on the lower west coast of the North Island, Wanganui is an easy three hour drive from the capital Wellington, or six hours from Auckland.  There are daily flights to and from Auckland and Wellington International airports.

The games offer top-quality participation in over 64 sporting disciplines involving more than 7,000 visitors, with a top class entertainment programme in relaxed and welcoming surrounds. They're traditionally held in February, usually New Zealand's warmest month and most settled weather.

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In August 2011, Wanganui Mayor Cr Annette Main and the Infrastructure Manager Julian Reweti visited Toowoomba to participate in the Sister Cities Australia 2011 Annual Conference hosted by Toowoomba Regional Council.

Mayor Main and Mr Reweti joined 75 other international delegates from Toowoomba's three sister cities to celebrate the successes and the significant milestones since forming sister city relationships - 30 years with Wanganui, 20 years with Takatsuki, Japan and nine years with Paju, South Korea.

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A small delegation from Toowoomba Regional Council visited our New Zealand sister city, Wanganui, from 9 to 12 December 2010.  Delegates included Mayor Peter Taylor and wife, Rosemary, Councillor Carol Taylor and Principal Economic Development Officer - Business and Industry Shamus Garmany .

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An invitation from Toowoomba Golf Club to the Wanganui Golf Club still stands for the opportunity for Toowoomba to redeem itself in the Too-Wanga Golf Tournament.

In April 2009 sixteen members from Toowoomba Golf Club travelled to New Zealand on a Golf Tour.  One of the stops was at Toowoomba'a sister city, Wanganui. 

From a visit to Toowoomba in March 2009 by Wanganui Councillors, Cr Ray Stevens and Cr Danny Jonas, the Toowoomba Golf Club and the Wanganui Golf Club developed a draft Reciprocal Club Rights Agreement and made arrangements for the Trans-Tasman competition now named the "Too-Wanga Trophy.

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