Melling, New Zealand

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Suburb:	Melling
City:	Lower Hutt
Island:	North Island
Surrounded by - to the north - to the east - to the south - to the west	Harbour View Boulcott CBD Normandale

Melling is a suburb of Lower Hutt, to the north of Wellington in the North Island of New Zealand. It is on the west bank of the Hutt River, on State Highway 2, the Wellington-Hutt main road, and directly across the river from the centre of Lower Hutt. It is also the name of the three-lane bridge connecting the Hutt City central business district with State Highway 2, a route subject to extensive congestion at peak times. From the Melling Bridge it is possible to drive straight ahead into the hill suburbs of Harbourview and Tirohanga (Maori for "distant view").

Melling is the terminus of the Melling line from Wellington to Melling. A Tranz Metro DM class unit at Melling station

[edit] Melling Line

Melling Station is the terminus of the Melling Line which provides a suburban commuter service to Wellington. This line was originally part of the Hutt Valley Line through to Upper Hutt and the Wairarapa, but became a separate (electrified) branch line in 1955, when the section north of Melling to Haywards (now Manor Park) was closed and replaced by a new line on the eastern side of the Hutt River.

Melling is a surname, and the name of three places, two in England and one in New Zealand, the surname deriving from the two English places.