Lower Hutt

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Lower Hutt
Hutt City
Māori: Awa Kairangi
Geographical location
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Location of Lower Hutt
Photo by Lower Hutt
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View of Lower Hutt
Local authority
Country New Zealand
island North island
region Wellington
Local authority City
Council Hutt City Council
mayor Ray Wallace
founding 1840
Post Code 5010-5014, 5019
Telephone code +64 (0) 4
UN / LOCODE NZ LYJ
Website www.huttcity.govt.nz
geography
Region ISO NZ-WGN
Coordinates 41 ° 7 ′  S , 175 ° 4 ′  E Coordinates: 41 ° 7 ′  S , 175 ° 4 ′  E
Highest elevation 864 m
Lowest point Height of sea level
surface 376 km 2
Residents 98 238 (2013)
Population density 261.27 inhabitants per km 2
Statistical data
Public revenue NZ $ 138.3 million  (2015)
Public expenditure NZ $ 151.9 million  (2015)
Number of households 38 481 (2013)
Ø income NZ $ 31,500  (2013)
Māori population 16.2% (2013)

Lower Hutt , official name: Hutt City , in Māori Awa Kairangi , is a city and at the same time an independent Territorial Authority (local authority) in the Wellington regionin the south of the North Island of New Zealand .

Origin of name

The town of Lower Hutt , originally called simply Hutt , was named in memory of Sir William Hutt , who was the director of the New Zealand Company but has never been to New Zealand. In 1839, William Hayward Wakefield , agent for the New Zealand Company , renamed the Heretaunga River the Hutt River . After settlers had also settled in the upper valley area, they named the area " up the Hutt ", which later became Upper Hutt . They finally named the settlement area towards the harbor Lower Hutt .

geography

Geographical location

Lower Hutt is located at the southern end of the North Island, around 10 km northeast of Wellington City . The city has a pure land area of ​​376 km² and counted 98,238 inhabitants with the census in 2013. This makes Lower Hutt the second largest of the four independent cities in the Wellington region in terms of area and has a population density of 261 inhabitants per km².

The western border of the city is formed by Wellington Harbor and the city of Wellington City . To the north lies the city of Upper Hutt and to the east the South Wairarapa District . The southern border forms the shore to Wellington Harbor and the coastline to Cook Strait . The southern half of the Remutaka Range also belongs to the urban area . The New Zealand State Highway 2 runs through the city and leads to Wellington from the north .

Districts

Lower Hutt is divided into 32 districts, which are listed here from north to south:

  • The northern downtown area includes Pomare , Stokes Valley , Taita , Wingate, Kelson , Naenae , Avalon, Belmont, Boulcott , Epuni , Fairfield and Harbourview .
  • The southern downtown area includes Waterloo, Normandale, Alicetown , Maungaraki , Woburn , Waiwhetu, Ava, Korokoro , Gracefield , Moera and Petone .
  • The eastern harbor includes Wainuiomata , Seaview, Point Howard, Lowry Bay, Days Bay, Homedale, Rona Bay, Eastbourne and Muritai .

history

The area on the banks of Wellington Harbor was settled by Māori around 1250 . Two Pā (villages) of the Ngāti Awa existed when the first British settlers came on January 22, 1840 and settled the land previously bought from the Māori by the New Zealand Company . They founded Petone , which is now a district of Lower Hutt and was originally called Britannia . In 1855 the Wairarapa earthquake shook the southern part of the North Island and raised Wellington Harbor by up to six meters.

In 1877 the Hutt County was founded, to which the two settlements at that time Upper Hutt and Lower Hutt belonged. In 1891 Lower Hutt was given borough status , and 30 years later the population had grown to 5,000. In 1941 it was appointed City, and in 1989 Lower Hutt , Petone , Wainuiomata and Eastbourne were merged and Lower Hutt was founded as part of the administrative reform .

population

Population development

Of the 98,238 inhabitants of the city in 2013, 15,879 were of Māori origin (16.2 percent). This means that 2.7 percent of the country's Māori population lived in the city. The median income for the population in 2013 was NZ $ 31,500  , compared to NZ $ 28,500 national average.

Origin and languages

In the 2013 census, 71.0 percent answered questions about belonging to an ethnic group with Europeans, 17.1 percent said they had Māori roots, 11.0 percent came from the islands of the Pacific region, and 11.7 percent Percent came from Asia (multiple answers were possible). 23.7 percent said they were born overseas. 3.7 percent spoke Māori , 22.6 percent of the Māori . The second most widely spoken language in the city is, unlike all other cities and districts in the country with the exception of Porirua City , the Samoan language with 4.8 percent.

politics

administration

Lower Hutt is divided into six wards , the Northern Ward , the Western Ward , the Central Ward , the Eastern Ward , the Wainuiomata Ward and the Harbor Ward , each with two Councilors (councilors). Together with the Mayor , they form the City Council , which is called the Hutt City Council . The mayor and the twelve council members are re-elected every three years. Campbell Barry has been the current mayor since 2019.

Town twinning

sons and daughters of the town

Panoramic photo

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View of Lower Hutt in southeast direction; The water surface on the right in the background forms Wellington Harbor; Wellington itself is just outside the picture on the right

See also

literature

Web links

Commons : Lower Hutt  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Homepage . Hutt City Council,accessed July 4, 2016.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e 2013 Census QuickStats about a place : Lower Hutt City - Population and dwellings . Statistics New Zealand , accessed July 4, 2016 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e Hutt City Council . In: Local Councils . Department of Internal Affairs , accessed July 4, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Topo250 maps . Land Information New Zealand , accessed June 30, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Our History . Hutt City Council , accessed July 4, 2016 .
  5. ↑ 2013 Census QuickStats about a place : Lower Hutt City - Cultural diversity . Statistics New Zealand , accessed July 4, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Mayor and Councillors . Hutt City Council , accessed July 4, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Campbell Barry. Mayor , accessed March 2, 2020