Whitemans Valley is a rural suburb of
Upper Hutt
Upper Hutt () is a city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand and one of the four cities that constitute the Wellington#Wellington metropolitan area, Wellington metropolitan area.
History
Upper Hutt is in an area originally known as Orongo ...
located in the lower
North Island
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of
New Zealand
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. Situated roughly 4 kilometers south of the
Upper Hutt
Upper Hutt () is a city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand and one of the four cities that constitute the Wellington#Wellington metropolitan area, Wellington metropolitan area.
History
Upper Hutt is in an area originally known as Orongo ...
city centre, the area has a variety of farms and lifestyle blocks.
The first settler to discover the valley was George Whiteman in 1846 while he was pig-hunting. Settlement in the valley was founded by the Whiteman family in 1871.
Climate
References
Suburbs of Upper Hutt
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