Trentham, New Zealand

Trentham
View looking northeast from Silverstream, with Trentham Racecourse in the centre and Trentham Army Camp at right
View looking northeast from Silverstream, with Trentham Racecourse in the centre and Trentham Army Camp at right
Map
Coordinates: 41°08′S 175°02′E / 41.13°S 175.04°E / -41.13; 175.04
CountryNew Zealand
RegionWellington Region
Territorial authorityUpper Hutt
Electorates
Government
 • Territorial AuthorityUpper Hutt City Council
 • Regional councilGreater Wellington Regional Council
 • Mayor of Upper HuttWayne Guppy
 • Remutaka MPChris Hipkins
 • Ikaroa-Rāwhiti MPCushla Tangaere-Manuel
Area
 • Total11.37 km2 (4.39 sq mi)
Population
 (June 2023)[2]
 • Total11,920
 • Density1,000/km2 (2,700/sq mi)

Trentham (/ˈtrɛnθəm/) is the most populous suburb of Upper Hutt, a city in the Wellington region of New Zealand. The suburb is located in a widening of the Hutt Valley, five kilometres to the southwest of the Upper Hutt city centre.

The suburb includes the Trentham Racecourse, the base of the Wellington Racing Club, the site of Hutt International Boys' School, and the Trentham Railway Station.[3]

The Trentham Military Camp was used extensively for training soldiers in preparation for World War I and World War II.[4][5] It is still a base for the New Zealand Defence Force.

A General Motors-Holden assembly plant operated in Trentham between 1967 and 1990.[6]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Area was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Population estimate tables - NZ.Stat". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  3. ^ Pinehaven Progressive Association – History
  4. ^ Photo of Trentham Camp 1914–1918
  5. ^ Photo of Trentham Camp 1939
  6. ^ Colin Williams (18 November 2015). "Upper Hutt's former car assembly plant sold to Weta film group". Upper Hutt Leader/Stuff.co.nz.