Hutt River (New Zealand)

Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River
Te Wai o Orutu
The Hutt River looking downstream
Map
Native nameTe Awa Kairangi (Māori)
Location
CountryNew Zealand
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationTararua Ranges
Mouth 
 • location
Wellington Harbour
 • elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Length56 km (35 mi)
Basin size655 km2 (253 sq mi)

The Hutt River (Māori: Te Awa Kairangi, Te Wai o Orutu or Heretaunga; officially Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River) flows through the southern North Island of New Zealand. It flows south-west from the southern Tararua Range for 56 kilometres (35 mi), forming a number of fertile floodplains, including Kaitoke, central Upper Hutt and Lower Hutt.[1]

The Hutt River Trail, a regional park administered by Wellington Regional Council, runs alongside the eastern side of the river.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Hutt River Trail". gw.govt.nz. Wellington Regional Council.