Maungaraki | |
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 Maungaraki's shopping centre (right) in 2018, with Maungaraki Baptist Church (left) | |
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| Country | New Zealand |
| City | Lower Hutt |
| Local authority | Hutt City Council |
| Electoral ward | Western |
| Established | 1960s |
| Area | |
| • Land | 212 ha (524 acres) |
| Population (June 2024)[1] | |
| • Total | 4,290 |
| Normandale | ||
  Maungaraki  |
Lower Hutt CBD | |
| Korokoro | Petone | Alicetown |
Maungaraki is a suburb of Lower Hutt. It is one of several Lower Hutt suburbs on the western hills of the Hutt Valley. It contains the largest suburban development on the Hutt Valley's western escarpment[2] that runs along the Wellington Fault.
Maungaraki translated from Māori means "northern mountain".[3] This may reference the Māori pā to the south that once stood at Pito-one.[citation needed]
In 2021, Maungaraki was chosen by national news publication Stuff as the best suburb to live in the Wellington region due in part to high sunshine hours, excellent schooling, panoramic views, a diverse population and low crime.[4]
- ^ "Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
- ^ Boffa Miskell (April 2012). "Hutt Landscape Study 2012" (PDF). Hutt City Council. p. 26. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
- ^ "1000 Māori place names". New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 6 August 2019.
- ^ "Maungaraki is the Wellington suburb which actually gets sunshine". Stuff. 3 April 2021.