Lower Hutt is within easy reach of Wellington airport (travel time from the airport to Lower Hutt is approximately 30 minutes by car). Air New Zealand operates regular daily flights in and out of Wellington. The Airport Flyer bus runs to and from Wellington Airport (via Wellington City) to lower Hutt.
Being in close proximity to Wellington's ferry terminal, travellers from the South Island can travel from Picton to Wellington with Bluebridge or Interislander, where there awaits a range of transportation options (shuttles to Wellington train station, rental cars, taxis) to get to Lower Hutt.
Lower Hutt is serviced by an excellent public transport system. Tranz Metro operates a regular (half-hourly) train service between Wellington and the Hutt Valley, with stations at regular intervals, which service Lower Hutt suburbs. For travellers north of Wellington, Tranzrail operates rail services into Wellington from most major cities in New Zealand.
The Airport Flyer is an express bus service that runs every 15 minutes from Upper Hutt, through Westfield Queensgate in Lower Hutt to the centre of Wellington and then to Wellington International Airport and back.
The Airport Flyer buses were purpose built for the route with leather style coach style seats with extra leg room and air conditioning for comfort. Easier access to and larger luggage storage makes travelling to and from the airport with luggage easier. Wide doors and low floors provide better wheel chair and push chair access and CCTV provides for increased passenger security.
There is also FREE Wi-Fi (wireless internet access) onboard.
In bus TV screens display route information, weather and news updates along with flight arrival and departure information from Wellington airport. Automatic announcements advise passengers of the next stop.
Cityline runs a regular bus service connecting Lower Hutt with the rest of the Hutt Valley and Wellington.
Contact a Hutt Valley -SITE Visitor Centre to find out more details or to book your trip to Lower hutt.
This tour will take you to all the key sites of Wellington and provide you with stories of how Katherine Mansfield might have seen them.
The Hutt City component of the tour will take you through Lower Hutt and around to the Eastern Bays.
Pick up a Katherine Mansfield's Early Wellington brochure from Hutt City i-SITE Visitor Centre.
The Boulcott Lodge is Lower Hutt’s newest contemporary Qualmark 5 star motel. Located a few minutes walk from the CBD, 5 minutes drive from historic Petone and 15 minutes from central Wellington.
The Angus Inn offers 73 elegant low rise rooms and suites which boast the tranquility of a lush green garden setting offering enticing, spacious and stylish well appointed facilities for business and leisure guests alike.
People diagnosed with cancer want to do everything they can to beat the disease and almost everyone will consider or try complementary therapies. Some of these therapies have been proven to work in good clinical trials, but the majority have not been tested, do not work or can be harmful.
Naenae Olympic Pool is a public 50m indoor pool complex with a 100m enclosed waterslide called the 'zoom tube' as well as a zip line, drop zone, diving boards, sauna, sunbed and gymnasium.
