Petone

Petone
Petone
Suburb
	Aerial view of Petone and Seaview
	Coordinates: 41°13′30.00″S 174°52′40.80″E / 41.2250000°S 174.8780000°E
Country	New Zealand
City	Lower Hutt
Local authority	Hutt City Council
Electoral ward	Harbour
Community board	Petone Community Board
Established	1840
Area
• Land	390 ha (960 acres)
Population (June 2023)
• Total	8,330
Postcode(s)	5012
Train stations	Petone Railway Station; Ava Railway Station

Korokoro	Maungaraki	Alicetown
Horokiwi	Petone	Moera
	Wellington Harbour	Seaview

Petone (Māori: Pito-one) is a large suburb of Lower Hutt, Wellington. It stands at the southern end of the Hutt Valley, on the northern shore of Wellington Harbour.

Europeans first settled in Petone in January 1840, making it the oldest European settlement in the Wellington Region. It became a borough in 1888, and merged with Lower Hutt (branded as "Hutt City") in 1989. In November 2023, Hutt City Council decided to consult the New Zealand Geographic Board about changing the suburb's name to "Pito-one" - the area's original Māori name.^[4]

^ "Hutt City Wards and Suburbs" (PDF). Hutt City Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
^ Cite error: The named reference Area was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Population estimate tables - NZ.Stat". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
^ Knell, Conor; Boyack, Nicholas (22 November 2023). "How does Petone feel about Pito-one?". thepost.co.nz. Retrieved 22 November 2023.

[1] "Hutt City Wards and Suburbs" (PDF). Hutt City Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2022.

[Area-2] Cite error: The named reference Area was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[NZ_population_data_2023_SA2-3] "Population estimate tables - NZ.Stat". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023.

[4] Knell, Conor; Boyack, Nicholas (22 November 2023). "How does Petone feel about Pito-one?". thepost.co.nz. Retrieved 22 November 2023.

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