Gracefield, New Zealand

Gracefield is an industrial suburb of Lower Hutt City, located at the bottom of the North Island of New Zealand.

Gracefield
Suburb
Gracefield (front), Seaview and Wellington Harbour.
Coordinates: 41°14′S 174°55′E
CountryNew Zealand
CityLower Hutt
Local authorityHutt City Council
Electoral wardHarbour
Community boardPetone Community Board
Area
  Land375 ha (927 acres)
Population
 (June 2023)
  Total310
Woburn Waiwhetū
Gracefield
Seaview

Up until the 1980s, Gracefield and neighbouring Petone were home to woollen mills, railway workshops, car assembly and meat processing plants. But when protective tariffs were lifted in the mid-1980s, many of these industries ceased.

The headquarters and principal laboratories of Callaghan Innovation are in Gracefield, in premises developed largely from the Physics and Engineering Laboratory of DSIR.

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