New Zealand - Upper Hutt - Upper Hutt Primary School - Room 3 - 2000 - L.C. Scott Limited Photo Photo Courtesy of Rebecca Lock Upper Hutt - An area originally known as Orongomai - The first residents of the area were Māori of the Ngai Tara iwi. - Various other iwi controlled the area in the years before 1840. - Richard Barton, who settled at Trentham in 1841 in the area now known as Trentham Memorial Park, was the first European resident. - Barton subdivided his land and set aside a large area that was turned into parkland. - James Brown settled in the area that became the Upper Hutt town in 1848. (Reference: Wikipedia)