Open Country Community Stadium

Spring has sprung and the courts are buzzing! 🌸🏀🏐 ☀

Whether it’s basketball, netball, futsal, volleyball, badminton or pickleball, there’s plenty happening at Open Country Community Stadium.

What sport are you playing this spring?

Keeping our community safe, together. 💚

We’re proud to see another important addition to the Open Country Community Stadium — a new AED, available 24/7 for Matamata College and the wider community.

A huge thank you to Hato Hone St John Matamata and the Matamata Area Committee for making this lifesaving equipment available to our community, and to Reegan Stewart for installing it free of charge.

With the Stadium welcoming our community every day for sport, events and activities, having an AED readily accessible is an important part of keeping everyone safe.

We’re proud to support a facility that puts Community First. 💚

Shining a super bright spotlight on our local Project Play at Matamata Domain & the incredible work they are doing building a community playground space.

We love seeing their updates & can't wait to get on down there! 💚✨

A huge thank you to all those who have sponsored & are involved in making this dream become a reality 🙏🙏

We love seeing Te Whare Hui Ora doing exactly what it was built to do!

Thank you to all our groups for choosing to spend some time with us — we hope to see you back again soon! 💚

The name behind the Stadium 🥛🏟️

Have you ever wondered why we’re called the Open Country Community Stadium?

Our name reflects the incredible support of our Naming Rights Sponsor, Open Country Dairy Ltd.

Open Country has been a huge part of bringing this facility to life and helping create a space that belongs to the whole community.

From school sport and local competitions to community events, training sessions and everything in between, the Stadium is here because organisations like Open Country believe in investing in our community and its future.

So next time you walk through the doors of Te Whare Hui Ora, you’ll know there’s a pretty special story behind the name. 💚

Thank you, Open Country, for helping make this possible.

💚 YOU HELPED BUILD THIS.

Sometimes it’s worth looking back at just how far we’ve come.

From an idea discussed for years…
To fundraising, planning and plenty of hard work…
To construction, roof shout celebrations and those final finishing touches…
And now — a stadium full of people, sport, laughter and connection.

The Open Country Community Stadium was built by our community, for our community.

And every time someone walks through these doors, another chapter is added to the story. 🏟️

Thank you to everyone who helped make Te Whare Hui Ora a reality. 💚

It’s more than a building. ❤️

It’s a place for kids to discover sport.

A place for clubs to train.

A place for families to come together.

A place for our community to celebrate, compete and connect.

That’s what Te Whare Hui Ora is all about. 🏟️

MATAMATA — settle this one for us 👇

🏀 Basketball or 🏐 Netball?

⚽ Futsal or 🏸 Badminton?

🏐 Volleyball or 🎾 Pickleball?

Morning training or 🌙 Evening training?

Which one are you at the Stadium? 😂

🏀 The Competitor – absolutely here to win.
📣 The Supporter – louder than everyone else.
👟 The Parent – “What time does training finish?”
🏃 The Coach – already organising the next session.
☕ The Social One – mainly here for the catch-up.
🏆 The Volunteer – somehow doing everything.

Be honest… which one are you?

Built for Matamata. Made for the community. ❤️

Te Whare Hui Ora was created to provide a space where our community can play, connect, compete, learn and come together.

From young athletes to community groups, schools, clubs and families — there’s a place for everyone. 🏟️