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Southward Car Museum
One of the Southern Hemisphere's largest collections with over 400 vehicles spanning a century of motoring.
18 km · about 20 min drive
Wellington Region, New Zealand · Oceania
Totara Park is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Upper Hutt, 31km from Mount Victoria Lookout, Wellington.
Totara Park is a town located in Wellington Region, New Zealand. With a population of 2,890, it is an important destination in Oceania.
On a road trip, Totara Park sits in New Zealand, where you drive on the left. It's in the Pacific/Auckland time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Totara Park to your route.
Tōtara Park is a suburb of Upper Hutt, New Zealand, located 2 km northeast of the city centre. It is accessed via the Tōtara Park Bridge which crosses the Hutt River, connecting it to State Highway 2 and the main Upper Hutt urban area. It was popular in the 1970s and 1980s for families moving into the Upper HuttRead more
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Most of the streets in Tōtara Park are named after states, towns and cities of the United States, with the main road running through the suburb being California Drive.
Tōtara Park is built on alluvial gravel. The Wellington Fault runs through the suburb—one section of California Drive straddles the fault, and the road lanes are built on either side of the fault with a large central reservation between them. This was designed so houses would be offset at least 20 metres from the fault, hopefully limiting damage if the fault were to rupture.
The Māori names for this area are Te Hau-karetu and for the Hutt River itself; Heretaunga, and Awa Kairangi. In December 2019, the official name of the suburb was gazetted as "Tōtara Park".
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Totara Park is located in Wellington Region, New Zealand, Oceania. The coordinates are -41.1083 latitude, 175.0702 longitude.
Totara Park has a population of approximately 2,890 people, making it a town in New Zealand.
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museum
One of the Southern Hemisphere's largest collections with over 400 vehicles spanning a century of motoring.
18 km · about 20 min drive
museum
New Zealand's bold national museum, renowned for its interactive exhibits, Maori taonga, and a colossal squid specimen.
31 km · about 35 min drive
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196 m summit lookout reached by a sealed road above central Wellington, giving a panorama of the harbour and Cook Strait.
31 km · about 35 min drive
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