The Hutt River flows through the southern North Island of New Zealand. It flows south-west from the southern Tararua Range for 56 kilometres (35 mi), forming a number of fertile floodplains, including Kaitoke, central Upper Hutt and Lower Hutt.
The Hutt River looking downstream
Hutt River from flume bridge, Kaitoke
Upper Hutt is a city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand and one of the four cities that constitute the Wellington metropolitan area.
Upper Hutt, view towards city centre.
The grave of Upper Hutt's first European settler, Richard Barton.
Upper Hutt Blockhouse was built as part of a stockade in 1860, during the New Zealand Wars.
Orongomai Marae is named after the Māori name for the area, meaning place of Rongomai.