Location

Contact Motel 22 and their attentive and helpful staff will make your visit to Lower Hutt and Wellington a pleasant and relaxing stay.
 

Wellington Area Map

Driving Directions

From Wellington International Airport and Wellington City.
Follow the signs to “Motorway North” (Wellington Urban Motorway, State Highway 1) and travel north out of the CBD. Go straight through the Ngaranga Gorge interchange and continue on the Hutt Road and along the shores of Wellington Harbour to Petone.

This dual carriageway (Western Hutt Road, State Highway 2) runs all the way to Upper Hutt and beyond. Take the right hand lane, and continue along the Hutt Motorway through one set of traffic lights and then travel on for about 2-3minutes to Melling Railway Station. There is double set of lights here (see map) and a bridge to the right that goes over the river to the Hutt City.

Go past these first traffic lights and turn right at the second set of lights (25 meters past the bridge) into Block Road. Continue on Block Road to Pharazyn Street -  Motel 22 is the first Motel on the left.

Things to do in the lower Hutt Area

Local Shopping
Westfield Queensgate Shopping Centre is located on the corner of Queens Drive and Bunny Street in the Lower Hutt CBD. It offers seven-day shopping with department stores, supermarkets, and over 50 fashion stores. There is covered car parking adjacent.

Jackson Street in Petone offers a huge variety of specialty shops, cafés, bars and restaurants that supply a wide range of ethnic foods, great coffee and goods not available anywhere else.

History and Culture
The Petone Settlers Museum is located on the Esplanade, on Petone's foreshore. The museum provides an insight into the migration and settlement of people into the Wellington Region.

The New Dowse Art Museum has an ever changing display of contemporary works from New Zealand and abroad. The Dowse is located on Laings Road in the city's Civic Centre and has an excellent cafe on site.

Beaches and Rivers
Lower Hutt lies on the banks of the Hutt River. The river is a popular recreation area with walking tracks and access points for canoeing and swimming. Good trout fishing can be had throughout its length with large brown trout inhabiting the pools close to Motel 22.

There is a sandy beach all along the Petone foreshore, ideal for swimming and sunbathing. Other swimming beaches are at Days Bay and Eastbourne – plus trendy shops, restaurants and cafes.

Beyond Wainuiomata, the Rimutaka Forest Park is a wilderness area popular for hiking, picnicking and river swimming.

Wellington City

• Central Business District – shopping, galleries, cinemas, bars, restaurants, live theatre and concerts
• Corporate and Government offices, Embassies, and Consulates
• The Westpac Stadium – sporting fixtures, trade exhibitions, concerts
• TePapa– the National Museum of New Zealand
• Cable car from Lambton Quay, Botanical Gardens, Karori Sanctuary Wildlife Centre.