Heretaunga
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There are two places in New Zealand called Heretaunga. For the region in Hawke's Bay see Heretaunga Plains
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Heretaunga is a suburb of Upper Hutt
located in the lower North Island
of New Zealand
. The suburb takes its name from a Hawkes Bay district that early european settlers in the Hutt Valley used to name the nearby Hutt River
. It is directly next to the suburb of Silverstream
, and the two are commonly thought to be merged.
Heretaunga Plains
There are two places in New Zealand called Heretaunga. For the suburb of Upper Hutt see Heretaunga.The Heretaunga Plains are an area of flat land in the eastern North Island of New Zealand....
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Heretaunga is a suburb of Upper Hutt
Upper Hutt
Upper Hutt is a satellite city of Wellington. It is New Zealand's smallest city by population, the second largest by land area. It is in Greater Wellington.-Geography:Upper Hutt is 30 km north-east of Wellington...
located in the lower North Island
North Island
The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the much less populous South Island by Cook Strait. The island is in area, making it the world's 14th-largest island...
of New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. The suburb takes its name from a Hawkes Bay district that early european settlers in the Hutt Valley used to name the nearby Hutt River
Hutt River, New Zealand
thumb|300px|The Hutt River looking downstream.The Hutt River flows through the southern North Island of New Zealand...
. It is directly next to the suburb of Silverstream
Silverstream
Silverstream is a suburb of Upper Hutt in the lower North Island of New Zealand. It is at the southern end of the city close to the Taita Gorge, which separates Upper Hutt from Lower Hutt...
, and the two are commonly thought to be merged.