New Zealand - Wellington - Stokes Valley School - Room 10 - 1979 Click the link above to view all of this schools photos Stokes Valley - A major suburb of the city of Lower Hutt - Stokes Valley takes its name from Robert Stokes, who formed part of the original survey team of 1840 commissioned to plan the city at Thorndon in Wellington - Sometimes referred to as Koraunui, a Māori name meaning "big ferns"