Te Awa Kairangi | Hutt River
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Te Awa Kairangi is one of the largest rivers in the great Wellington region.
Te Awa Kairangi | Hutt River
The Hutt River is one of the largest in the Wellington Region. With headwaters in the Rimutaka Range, the river flows through the Hutt Valley past Upper Hutt and Hutt cities before discharging into Wellington Harbour at Petone.
Source: Hutt River. LAWA (Land, Air, Water Aotearoa). [accessed 27 September 2023]
Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River seen from Akatarawa
Upper Hutt City Library
Overlooking Lower Hutt
Alexander Turnbull Library
Lower Hutt
Alexander Turnbull Library
Taita, Lower Hutt, including Hutt River and looking towards Wellington City
Alexander Turnbull Library
View from Awakairangi park, looking south-east.
Upper Hutt City Library
Upper Hutt, including Hutt River, looking south
Alexander Turnbull Library
Popular for outdoor activities
Te Awa Kairangi/ Hutt River; Maoribank; ca 1912
Upper Hutt City Library
Te Marua School; Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt Riverswimming hole, circa 1955
Upper Hutt City Library
Swimmers in the Hutt River, Te Awa Kairangi; ca 1969
Upper Hutt City Library
Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River; Soldiers' Pool.
Upper Hutt City Library
Swimmers in Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River, upstream from Maoribank suspension bridge.
Upper Hutt City Library
Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River at Birchville; Circa 1969
Upper Hutt City Library
What is happening in these pictures?
The activities in these photos might not be something that would happen these days.
Fishermen in Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River near Upper Hutt, 1800s.
Upper Hutt City Library
Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River, 1902; traction engine with crane, topping the stop-bank.
Upper Hutt City Library
Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River, 1902 (?); horse teams carting gravel.
Upper Hutt City Library
Cattle in Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River.
Upper Hutt City Library
Soldiers on horseback in Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River, Trentham.
Upper Hutt City Library
Artillery exercise, Moonshine Bridge, c1937-38 01
Upper Hutt City Library
flooding
As with all rivers, flooding happens.
Flood, 1913; Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River, as seen from Melling bridge.
Upper Hutt City Library
Flood, 1913; Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River, Melling.
Upper Hutt City Library
Flood, Maoribank suspension bridge.
Upper Hutt City Library
Flood, 1965; Moonshine Bridge 1.
Upper Hutt City Library
bridges
How many bridges have you crossed? How many bridges have changed names? How many bridges have been replaced?
Bridge over Hutt River/Te Awa Kirangi, ca 1930s
Upper Hutt City Library
Birchville bridge 1; Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River, Rata Street to Bridge Road
Upper Hutt City Library
Bush tramway bridge, crossing Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River at Te Marua.
Upper Hutt City Library
Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River below Black Bridge, Birchville.
Upper Hutt City Library
Bridge destroyed by floods in the Wellington Province
Auckland Libraries
Bridge over the Hutt River, Lower Hutt
Alexander Turnbull Library
Fourth and fifth Hutt bridges
Hutt City Libraries
additional resources
- Te Awa Kairangi - The Hutt River. Upper Hutt City Council | Our Māori Heritage
- Who are Mana Whenua. Hutt City Council
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Hutt River Trail. Greater Wellington | Te Pane Matua Taiao.
- Includes maps of the trail and information about creation of the riverside trail
- Hutt River (New Zealand). Wikipedia.