A 3d View of Wainuiomata as seen from above Sunny Grove looking North

Wainuiomata is a suburban town located within the city limits of Lower Hutt - part of the Wellington urban area - in the lower North Island of New Zealand. It is located six kilometres to the southeast of the Lower Hutt CBD, and has a population of around 16,000. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1007x687, 466 KB)i made this render of wainui, using Kashmir3d. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1007x687, 466 KB)i made this render of wainui, using Kashmir3d. ... Lower Hutt is a city in the lower North Island of the country of New Zealand. ... Wellington (Te Whanganui-a-Tara or Poneke in Māori) is the capital of New Zealand, the countrys second largest urban area and the most populous national capital in Oceania. ... North Island The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, the other being the South Island. ... A Central business district (CBD) or downtown is a commercial heart of a city. ...

Wainuiomata is isolated enough from the rest of the city by the Eastern Hutt Hills to be considered a town in its own right by most New Zealanders, and was officially a separate district for about a year until local government reorganisation in 1989. 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The isolated nature of the Wainuiomata valley was a problem for early settlers. Narrow hill routes into the settlement were the only access during the 1850s and 1860s. The town's economy in these early days was largely based around timber milling from the forests around the Wainuiomata River. A flax mill was based around the north of the town, but this proved uneconomic. // Events and Trends Technology Production of steel revolutionised by invention of the Bessemer process Benjamin Silliman fractionates petroleum by distillation for the first time First transatlantic telegraph cable laid First safety elevator installed by Elisha Otis Science Charles Darwin publishes The Origin of Species, putting forward the theory of evolution... // Events and trends Technology The First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States is built in the six year period between 1863 and 1869. ... The Wainuiomata River runs southwest through the Wainuiomata Valley located in the southern Rimutaka Ranges in the North Island, New Zealand. ... Binomial name Phormium tenax New Zealand Flax (Phormium tenax), known as Harakeke by New Zealand Maori for many centuries, was and still is one of the most versatile plants in the world. ...

Once the forests started to be cleared, sheep and dairy farming became an important part of the local economy. The settlement started to grow into a proper town in the 1920s, but the major growth was after World War II, when many young couples moved to the valley, attracted by the affordable housing. Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead...

The town is surrounded on three sides by hills. The topography reduces local wind flow resulting in lower minimum temperatures in winter and higher maximum temperatures in summer, than most other parts of Wellington and the Hutt Valley.

Wainuiomata maintains a very strong community spirit, and residents can access a wide range of local retail and community services.

The Orongorongo Valley is accessed via the Wainuiomata Valley and is well known for its bush walks and native scenery. Aerial view of the Orongorongo Valley The Orongorongo River runs southwest through the Orongorongo Valley in the southern Rimutaka Ranges of the North Island of New Zealand. ...

An aerial view of the Wainuiomata Valley. The Hutt Valley and Wellington Harbour can be seen to the left and Moores Valley is to the right

Image File history File links Wainui3dmap. ... Image File history File links Wainui3dmap. ... The Hutt Valley is the large area of fairly flat land in the Hutt River valley in the Wellington Region of New Zealand. ... Wellington Habour is the large natural habour at the south-eastern tip of the North Island, on which New Zealands capital stands. ...

Trivia

• The Australian NRL Grand Final in 2005 saw each team containing a former member of the Wainuiomata Rugby League Club.

The National Rugby League (NRL) is the premier rugby league competition in Australia and New Zealand. ... Wellington Rugby League The Wainuiomata Lions are a New Zealand rugby league club based in Wainuiomata, Wellington. ...

External links

• Ynui Online Community - Our place on the internet! (News, Gallery, Forums, Chat, Guestbook, Events, Directory, History)
• Wainuiomata online
• Wainui3d Gallery
• 88.4FM The Cheese - A Local Low Power FM Station

Coordinates: 41°16′S 174°57′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...