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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.
The first railway carriage in service in the Wellington region was assembled at Petone in 1914 using bodywork built there and an underframe and traction equipment from Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company. The power plant was a 6-cylinder petrol engine with a 90 hp (67 kW) generator driving two 60 hp (45 kW) electric motors, for a ...
Petone Settlers Museum is a local history museum located in the Wellington Provincial Centennial Memorial, a historic building in Petone, Lower Hutt, New Zealand.The building was originally constructed to mark the Wellington province's centennial commemorations; the museum opened in the building in 1977.
A second first-class match was held there during the 1998/99 Shell Trophy when Wellington played Auckland, [3] with the match ending in a draw. [4] Wellington Women used Petone Recreation Ground as a home venue between 1998 and 2002. [5] From 2015/16 season some Plunket Shield matches will be played when Basin Reserve is unavailable.
From about 1865 Gear operated butcher's shops in Wellington, [2] and in 1873 he started a meat preserving plant in the city. In 1874 he built a slaughterhouse and processing plant on 30 acres of land near the waterfront in Petone. [3] [4] The land included the Te Puni urupa (Māori cemetery) and some sections set aside as Native Reserve.
The route alongside the harbour from Wellington to Lower Hutt was straightened and duplicated. The work was approved in 1903 by the Hutt Railway and Road Improvement Act, and began in 1904. From Lower Hutt it was completed to Petone (1905), Rocky Point (1906), Paparangi Point (1907), Ngauranga (1908), Kaiwharawhara (1909), and Wellington in 1911.
Wellington Harbour, 1894 by J. M. Nairn. Ferries within Wellington's harbour carry commuters and tourists on Wellington Harbour and form a part of the Wellington public transport system. They operate between central Wellington, Days Bay (near Eastbourne), Seatoun, and Matiu/Somes Island. Until 2016, services also ran to Petone on weekends.
Petone railway station is a dual platform, suburban railway station located in the Lower Hutt, New Zealand suburb of Petone.It is on the Hutt Valley section of the Wairarapa Line, 10.5 km (6.5 mi) north of Wellington, and is the junction for the Melling Branch to Melling, which diverges westward from the main line to the north of the station.