New Zealand - Hutt Valley - Photo Taken from Melling - circa 1920 - Tanner photo - Photo Postcard Format #t986 The Hutt Valley - The large area of fairly flat land in the Hutt River valley in the Wellington region - Like the river that flows through it, it takes its name from Sir William Hutt, a director of the New Zealand Company in early colonial New Zealand - The lower valley contains the city of Lower Hutt, administered by Hutt City Council, while the adjacent, larger but less populous city of Upper Hutt has its centre on the smaller plain above the Taita Gorge. (Reference: Wikipedia)