Waiwhetū
Waiwhetū is an eastern suburb of Lower Hutt in the Wellington Region situated in the south of the North Island of New Zealand.
In the 19th-century period of European settlement it was worked by Irish-born Alfred Ludlam, who was a member of three of New Zealand's four earliest parliaments. In the 1840s it was set aside as a native reserve for the Te Āti Awa tribe. In the 1930s the New Zealand government compulsorily acquired the land and built new homes for Te Āti Awa.
The suburb includes Waiwhetū Marae, a marae of Taranaki Whānui ki te Upoko o te Ika and of Te Āti Awa. The marae, founded in 1960, includes the Arohanui ki te Tangata wharenui.
Waiwhetū Marae features a number of significant carvings and has associations with a number of notable Māori artists, including Rangi Hetet, his wife Erenora Puketapu-Hetet and their daughter Veranoa Hetet. The marae is associated with Ihakara Puketapu and Ihaia Puketapu.Education
Our Lady of Rosary School is a co-educational state-integrated Catholic primary school for Year 1 to 8 students, with a roll of as of.
