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.
Greater Wellington, also known as the Wellington Region, is a non-unitary region of New Zealand that occupies the southernmost part of the North Island. The region covers an area of 8,049 square kilometres (3,108 sq mi), and has a population of 550,500.
A composite landsat-7 image of the southwestern part of the region
On the Quartz Hill track
Aerial view of Wellington city
Plimmerton, Paremata and Pauatahanui Inlet