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Upper Hutt
City in Wellington Region, New Zealand

Upper Hutt

Upper Hutt is a city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand and one of the four cities that constitute the Wellington metropolitan area.

Plan a trip to Upper Hutt→From Christchurch
Get in

Getting to Upper Hutt

There are five roads into and out of Upper Hutt. State Highway 2, which runs the length of the upper Hutt valley, is known as River Road as it runs along the banks of the Hutt River, effectively bypassing the city.

See

Worth seeing

Bartons Bush in Trentham Memorial Park is the last remaining stand of native bush that once covered the whole of the Hutt valley. California Park in the suburb of Totara Park and the Wellington Fault that runs through the middle of the park and the suburb. To find this feature drive the loop around California Drive.

Do

Things to do

Tunnel Gully and the Rimutaka Incline walkways. Walk or mountain bike the old railway route over the Rimutaka ranges. The Hutt River is easily accessible for most of its length. It is even able to be fished for trout - a fishing licence is required. Mountain bike the Karapoti! Every year mountainbikers from around the country and around the world come to take on the Karapoti Challenge - a classic mountain bike race.

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    Hutt Valley Clay Target Club

    The best clay shooting club in greater Wellington.

Eat

Where to eat

Several restaurants and fast food outlets can be found in Main Street or nearby. The ubiquitous New Zealand Fish and Chip shop, or perhaps a burger bar, dot the suburbs, often near a dairy or one of a group of shops.

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    Silverspoon

    7 Kiln St, Silverstream, dine.silverspoon.net.nz@gmail.com.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.