Lower Hutt

Lower Hutt

Lower Hutt (Māori: Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai)[4] 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. If considered a city it is New Zealand's sixth most populous, with a population of 114,000.[3] The total area administered by the council is 376.4 km2 (145 sq mi) around the lower half of the Hutt Valley and along the eastern shores of Wellington Harbour, of which 78.53 km2 (30 sq mi) is urban.[2] It is separated from the city of Wellington by the harbour, and from Upper Hutt by the Taita Gorge.