[3] It is the home ground of Heartland Championship side Wairarapa Bush Rugby Football Union.

[2] The grandstand was blown by a storm in 1934, and during the Second World War the grounds were used by the New Zealand Army.

[4] In 2015 at the cost of NZ $2.1 million the park was renovated to add a turf ground, stadium lighting and redesigned fence lines and footpaths.

[1] Rugby union team Wairarapa Bush uses Memorial Park for all its home games.

Wairarapa United won the Chatham Cup, New Zealand's most coveted football trophy, in 2011.