The Master of the Kimbolton Lodge welcomes visitors to the Lodge. The Lodge meets at 7.30pm on the first Wednesday of each month except January. Come and try the unique experience country Freemasonry provides. The members of the Kimbolton Lodge are noted for their friendliness and hospitality. Join us to sample New Zealand's grassroots Freemasonry.

Kimbolton is a small and friendly rural township north of Feilding and Cheltenham, set atop beautiful rural hills with sweeping views of the Ruahine mountain range. The township has a quiet but welcoming feel. Sport is an important part of the community, with a bowling club, and a large and very active rugby club. Kimbolton takes its name from the estate of the Duke of Manchester, the chairman of the philanthropic Emigrant and Colonists’ Aid Corporation which was responsible for the European settlement of Feilding and surrounding district. The main street in Feilding was named Kimbolton Road in honour of the Duke and as the road extended north into the bush-covered countryside, the same name was used for the muddy new rural road.

However, Kimbolton township was not originally known by that name. The European settlement of Kimbolton was carried out from 1886 by the Birmingham Small Farm Association, a group of families who were mainly based at Stony Creek (now Whakarongo) near Palmerston North. The government of the day was intent on “putting the small man on the land” and the development of a special settlement scheme was the result of this. The basis of the scheme was deferred payment for land allotted by ballot to members of a specially formed association. To begin with Kimbolton was known as Birmingham and also as Fowler’s after the family whose home became the first post office in the township. Today one of Kimbolton’s most interesting historic buildings is the tiny public library which has served the community since the late 1920s. Originally one of first cottages built in the township it was given to the Kiwitea County Council in the 1940s.

The Kimbolton Lodge No 123 is the highest Lodge geographically in the country and is nestled among the ranges in rural Manawatu. Kimbolton is a picturesque hill country town which features some of the best rural scenery in the area.

Three of the pictures at the top of the page are taken from the Apit/Kimbolton lookout and from the front and back doors of the Lodge. The other pictures are of Kimbolton Road looking North and Hansen’s Café.

Please visit our Lodge History page to read about the fascinating beginnings of the Lodge. You can contact us by ringing Craig on 06 328 5897 or writing to us here.

The Kimbolton Lodge No. 123 2870 Kimbolton Road Kimbolton For a Larger Map, please click here.

Directions: Coming North from Wellington, Levin, Foxton or Palmerston North via Feilding: Drive out of Feilding on Kimbolton Road for 26 kilometres . This takes you straight to Kimbolton passing through Cheltenham, and Kiwitea. The Lodge is on the right hand side of the road alongside the fire station and right opposite the Oroua Rugby clubrooms and grounds. Coming South from points North via Taihape: turn left at the turnoff to Rangawhia go through Rangawhia then through Apiti and up to Kimbolton or Travel down the main highway past Mangaweka and Ohiniti and turn left at the Vinegar Hill turnoff, then travel through Rewa up Vinegar Hill, through Waituna West, past Beaconsfield, on to Cheltenham then turn left onto Kimbolton Road and through Kiwitea and on to Kimbolton.