We are emigrating to Wellington New Zealand and wondering which is the best town to live in?

Question

We will be working in Lower Hutt, but willing to travel up to 1hour to comute. We were looking at paraparaumu which looks nice, but it hard when you are just looking on the internet, also which are the best schools in the area. My son will be 8 years old when we get there. Please can anyone advise us. Many thanks

Answer 1

Hi Again

Paraparamu is a beautiful area but if you are looking for a great spot by the water I would suggest Days Bay. This is alovely area. If you want to live in Town then again I suggest Karori as the schools are the best in this area and again its a lovely safe place. Most areas in Wellington are indeed safe, however many people suggest that you avoid living in certain areas such as Porirua, and Naenae. These tend to be lower socio economic areas. Certain parts of the city itself are more student areas such as Newtown and Brooklands.

My top areas which aer affordable and have good services and are safe would be Karori, Kandallah, Kelburn, Wadestown or possibly Island Bay.

Try the website below for piccies of houses for sale to give you an idea of the standadrs and prices.

Good Luck

Answer 2

Paraparumu is nice take a look around Rhaumati beach. The weather is so much nicer there but the traffic can be a bit trying during commuter hours. I was bought up in Ngaio and feel so privileged having had a childhood there. The school is wonderful. I recently went back for a holiday and visited 2 schools outside of Wellington. The ngaio school had healthy happy looking children a complete contrast to the other school i visited where the children looked scruffy.

Answer 3

NOT PORIRUA!!!.......unless of course your a patchmember for the mob LOL

Answer 4

I know nothing about Wellington, but if you havnet already looked on TradeMe...try that, it has good homes on there  Real Estate section. Good luck finding a home :)