JOKE WITH A STUNNING PUNCHLINE
Lower Hutt is one of the best places to live in New Zealand. That’s according to recent data extracted from a Sweet Spots project.
Some people, however, still have the impression Lower Hutt is a joke because of its genteel pretensions and bland niceness.
That is being somewhat diffused by beautiful gardens, a stunning civic centre, the world-class Dowse Art Museum as well as the city housing the biggest collection of science, technology and high-value manufacturing businesses in the country.
Lower Hutt covers 377 kilometres around the lower half of the Hutt Valley and along the eastern shores of Wellington Harbour.
The city takes its name from the English name given to the river, named after one of the founding members, director and chairman of the New Zealand Company, Sir William Hutt. It is the sixth most populous city
