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.
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.
Upper Hutt
…1970s and 1980s, a stop bank was built alongside the eastern side of the river from northern Upper Hutt to the mouth of Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River in Lower Hutt to prevent further flooding. Centred on the upper (northern) valley of Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River, which flows north-east to south-west on its way…
Lower Hutt from the air, c. 2024
Christ Church, Taitā, built in 1853 – the oldest extant church in the Wellington region
2011 photo of the Lower Hutt town hall
Te Awa Kairangi Hutt River Looking downstream