Early Māori residents, such as Ngāi Tara, called the river Te Awa Kairangi. Later Māori settlers named it Te Wai … See more

For most of its length, the Hutt is a shallow and sometimes braided river in a wide rocky bed, but in the Kaitoke gorge the river flows directly over bedrock, and approaching the mouth at Petone the river is narrower and the banks s… See more

In the early nineteenth century, the Hutt River was deeper than it is now and navigable for some distance by large canoes and boats. Māori would take produce grown in the Hutt Valley down the river by can… See more

The Hutt River Trail, a 29 kilometre cycling and walking route, follows the entire length of the river from Petone to Kaitoke Regional Park at Upper Hutt, linking up to Kaitoke Regional Park. Most of the track is gravel, but some i… See more

The river has a good stock of brown trout. See more

Heading downstream:
• Kaitoke Swingbridges, two footbridges in Kaitoke Regional Park.
• Te Mārua Bridgem a demolished bridge.
• Akatarawa Road Bridge, a two-lane road bridge opened in 1981 to rep… See more

• "Hutt River, Fort Richmond and the Hutt Bridge, 1845 painting by S. C. Brees". NZETC. 1845.
• "Aglionby Arms hotel by Hutt River ,ca 1843 1845 painting by S. C. Brees". NZETC. 1843.… See more