Wainuiomata photos

About Wainuiomata

Photos of Wainuiomata including the town and surrounding landscapes, including Wainuiomata Regional Park and Remutaka Forest Park.

Wainuiomata is a suburb of Lower Hutt in the Wellington Region. It’s big and isolated enough to be considered a town in its own right, but it is administered by the Hutt Regional Council.

Wainuiomata has interesting topography. It sits in a plateau surrounded by hills on three sides which protect the suburb from Wellington’s famous wind. This results in slightly cooler temperatures in winter and warmer temperatures during summer compared with most other places in the Wellington region and Hutt Valley.

The CBD is located around Queens Street with a large Countdown Mall located behind. The suburbs flow into three main valleys with the southern most valley affording access to the South Coast via the Coast Road.

Eastward is The Village, a small area with some shops. Continuing east, one will find the Wainuiomata Recreational Area which has a dam and was once the main water source for the Wellington region. With one dam still in use today, the area is now a natural wetlands surrounded by forested hills. Within the park are a number of scenic bush walks and some swimming holes in the Wainuiomata river. There is also a museum near the old dam with some old machinery and artefacts on display. This reserve is located within the Remutaka range, a mountain chain that reaches to the south coast of the North Island.

For older photos of Wainuiomata, see Virtual New Zealand.

For a more extensive collection of photos of Wainuiomata, visit Wainuiomata.Net