The city of Lower Hutt, New Zealand, was first proclaimed a borough on 1 February 1891. Prior to this it had been part of Hutt County, initially as a Roads Board and from 1881 as a Town Board.
Coat of arms of Lower Hutt
Image: Campbell Barry
Image: William Alfred Fitzherbert
Image: Walter George Foster
Lower Hutt is a city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand. Administered by the Hutt City Council, it is one of the four cities that constitute the Wellington metropolitan area.
Lower Hutt from the air, looking eastwards in March 2009
Coat of arms
Christ Church, Taitā, built in 1853 – the oldest extant church in the Wellington region
2011 photo of the Lower Hutt town hall