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Waiwhetū

Waiwhetū is an eastern suburb of in the situated in the south of the of New Zealand.
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  • Type: Suburb with 4,770 residents
  • Description: village in Lower Hutt, New Zealand
  • Also known as: “Waiwetu” and “Waiwhetu”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Woburn railway station and Our Lady of the Rosary School (Waiwhetu).

Railway station
Photo: Brendanfindlay, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a suburban railway station serving and Waiwhetu in , . The station is located on the Hutt Valley section of the Wairarapa Line, 14.4 km north of , and is the junction for the Gracefield Branch to the , which diverges eastward from the mainline to the south of the station.

School
Photo: Pakoire, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Railway station
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is a dual-platform suburban railway station located in , , and serving immediately the suburbs of , Lower Hutt Central and .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Waterloo and Woburn.

Suburb
is an eastern suburb of , . It is named after the Battle of won by the Duke of Wellington in 1815. The Hutt City Council formally defines as the area bounded by Road and Burnside Street in the north, the Hutt Valley railway line in the west, Guthrie Street in the south, and the Wainuiomata hills in the east.

Suburb
is a suburb of , situated at the bottom of the North Island of New Zealand. Henry Petre farmed the area in the 1840s and named the area after the Duke of Bedford's estate, .

Suburb
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, a suburb of the city of in , forms part of the urban area of greater .

Waiwhetū

Latitude
-41.22404° or 41° 13′ 27″ south
Longitude
174.91889° or 174° 55′ 8″ east
Population
4,770
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
Open location code
4VCPQWG9+9H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2211804828
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
6244862
Wiki­data ID
Q7960677
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In Other Languages

From Bavarian to Turkish—“Waiwhetū” goes by many names.
  • Bavarian: “Waiwhetū”
  • French: “Waiwhetū”
  • German: “Waiwhetū”
  • Irish: “Waiwhetū”
  • Maori: “Waiwhetū”
  • Turkish: “Waiwhetū”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Godley Street Reserve and Te Māori Waiwhetu Cultural Centre and Museum.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Waiwhetū”. Photo: Stuartyeates, CC BY-SA 4.0.