Waiwhetū

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Waiwhetū
Basic information
Local authority Lower Hutt City
Population 3,951 (2006 [1])
Facilities
Surrounds
Northeast Waterloo
South Gracefield
Southwest Moera
Northwest Woburn

Waiwhetū is a suburb of Lower Hutt, Wellington situated at the bottom of the North Island of New Zealand.

Waiwhetū is largely built on land set aside as a native reserve for the Te Āti Awa tribe in the 1840s. In the 1930s the land was compulsorily acquired by the government, with new homes being built for the Te Āti Awa.[2]

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