Sending flowers to Matamata

About 9,540 people live in Matamata, a Matamata-Piako District town at the foot of the Kaimai Ranges, with State Highway 27 running through the centre. The district is known for thoroughbred horse breeding and training, and the Hobbiton Movie Set lies about 10 km south-west of town on the Alexander family farm, where guided tours began in 2002. Here is the local detail that helps a bouquet arrive well.

Choose bouquet for Matamata

Order by 2 pm on weekdays (11 am Saturdays) for same-day delivery in many areas

Local florists make up and deliver the flowers
Hospitals: check the ward rules
Funerals: what to send and write

Colourful bouquet – send flowers to Matamata

Popular bouquets to send to Matamata

Made up by a florist near the recipient.

Order by 2 pm on weekdays (11 am Saturdays) for same-day delivery in many areas

Romance

Roses with seasonal stemsHave a look

Seasonal flowers

Florist’s pickHave a look

Cheerful birthday flowers in bright colours

Birthdays

Bright and colourfulHave a look

Get well

Sunny stemsHave a look

Sympathy

Lilies in soft tonesHave a look

New baby

Gentle coloursHave a look

Weddings

Generous bunchHave a look

Mother’s Day (May)

Florist’s pickHave a look

Send flowers for the right occasion in Matamata

Pick the moment and a local florist takes over.

Birthday

Add some colour to the big day

Anniversary

Roses that say you remembered

Hospital

Check the ward rules first

Mother’s Day

Second Sunday in May

Graduation

Ceremony dates by university

Sympathy & funerals

Where to send, and what to write

Love & romance

Valentine’s in a Kiwi summer

Cheerful flowers to help someone get well

Get well soon

Sunny stems for a recovery

Pohlen Hospital, Kingswood and Matamata Country Lodge

Eldernet lists three care homes in Matamata:

Matamata Country Lodge, 20 Elizabeth Street
Pohlen Hospital, 56 Rawhiti Avenue
Kingswood Rest Home Matamata, 175 Firth Street

Give the resident's full name and room on the order. A compact arrangement in its own vase is easier for staff than loose stems.

Stud farms and RD numbers below the Kaimai Ranges

With so many studs and farms around the town, a good share of Matamata addresses are rural. These use 'RD' and a number, written without dots or extra spaces, followed by the mailtown and postcode. The mailtown is where the delivery round is based, which is not always the nearest town, so copy the address exactly as the recipient writes it. Rural addresses can take longer, and weekend delivery is limited in many areas; NZ Post stopped Saturday parcel deliveries to most rural addresses in 2024.

Peria Road cemetery and Matamata farewells

Matamata Cemetery is on Peria Road and is run by Matamata-Piako District Council; its gates are open from 8am to 6pm daily. Flowers for a funeral are best sent to the funeral home or the family home rather than the cemetery. Our sympathy flower guide explains what to send and how to word the card.

Firth Tower and the town's settler story

In 1865 Josiah Firth leased a large area of land after negotiating with Ngāti Hauā leader Wiremu Tamihana. Firth Tower, built in 1882 as a lookout, is closed because of earthquake damage, but the museum beside it opens Thursday to Monday, 10am to 4pm. The old railway station has served as the 'Railside by the Green' community centre since 2002.

Matamata has a mild climate with about 1,071 mm of rain a year; the record high is 32.8 °C in January and the record low −5.7 °C in July, so cold winter nights are part of local life.

Matamata patients in Hamilton

We have no hospital listed in Matamata. If the person is at Waikato Hospital in Hamilton, flowers are not allowed in Critical Care (ICU and HDU); no rule is published for other wards, so check with the ward before sending. Nearby towns are on our Waikato region page.