Hutt Valley Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
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About Hutt Valley
The early settlers that came to Wellington in 1840 settled first inPetoneand then moved up the Hutt river valley, looking for suitable land for farming. While much of the valley has now been urbanised, there are still pockets of rural land and large open spaces. Regular flooding inPetonein the early years meant that the original Wellington settlement was relocated to its current Lambton harbour location. As a result, a lot of the Petone street names were also reallocated to the new Wellington streets. This means manyGreater Wellingtonstreet addresses are not unique. As a consequence, Wellingtonians often use their addresses without a suburb, merely indicating they live inWellington. However those living in the Hutt Valley often add the suburb or city and may not even indicate it is aWelli
Hutt Valley Travel Guide Sections
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