Stokes Valley

Stokes Valley is situated in the Hutt Valley in the Lower North Island of New Zealand. It is about half way between Upper Hutt and Lower Hutt close to the Hutt River, about 20 kilometres from Wellington.

View

The view from our house

View

And looking in the other direction

Koraunui

Koraunui School, where I used to work

Koraunui

The school from another angle

Monastry

There is a buddhist monastery at the end of the valley

Ferns

Looking down at the ferns in our garden

Hutt River

The beautiful Hutt River

Hutt River

Looking in the other direction

Hill

Looking up the hill from our house

Top of Valley

The golden spire of its shrine is just visible among the trees