Whitemans Valley | |
Settlement Type: | Suburb |
Pushpin Map: | New Zealand |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in New Zealand |
Coordinates: | -41.166°N 175.085°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | New Zealand |
Subdivision Type1: | Island |
Subdivision Name1: | North Island |
Subdivision Type2: | City |
Subdivision Name2: | Upper Hutt |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Whitemans Valley is a rural suburb of Upper Hutt located in the lower North Island of New Zealand. Situated roughly 4 kilometers south of the Upper Hutt city centre, the area has a variety of farms and lifestyle blocks.
The first settler to discover the valley was George Whiteman in 1846 while he was pig-hunting.[1] Settlement in the valley was founded by the Whiteman family in 1871.[2]