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Upper Hutt City
About Our City
Upper Hutt is a city of 38,500 just 25 minutes' drive or a 40-minute scenic train ride north from Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand.
The city derives its name from an English Member of Parliament, Sir William Hutt, who was a director of the New Zealand Company (formed in the late 1830s) that organised the settlement of the Wellington and Hutt Valley areas beginning with the arrival of the first immigrant ships from 1840.
The southern boundary is Silverstream and the northern boundary the top of the Rimutaka Hill, covering an area of 53,962 hectares and making Upper Hutt one of the largest city councils by area in New Zealand.
Nestled by the Hutt River - unique in the world for its pristine condition and trout fishing grounds despite flowing through two cities - Upper Hutt is set amongst bush-clad hills with easy access to recreational pursuits ranging from quiet native forest and riverside walks, fishing and hunting, tramping and mountainbiking.
It is the home of the internationally-recognised Royal Wellington Golf Club at Heretaunga and the Wellington Racing Club at Trentham. The annual Karapoti mountain-biking event also attracts competitors from around the world.
The city is renowned for its many parks, recreation areas like the prize-winning Maidstone Max, H2O Xtream and rural attractions which range from both native and exotic birds, animals to public gardens, art and heritage areas.
